Last year saw 19 rural hospitals close, most in nearly a decade

Healthcare DIVE February 18, 2020
Shannon Muchmore

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Last year was the worst for rural hospitals closures since a crisis for their stability began in 2010 as 19 rural facilities closed, bringing the number that have shuttered in the past 10 years to 120, according to a report from The Chartis Center for Rural Health.
The analysis found that 453 rural hospitals out of 1,844 open rural hospitals are vulnerable to closure based on their performance levels, about half of which are most vulnerable with the other half labeled “at risk.” CCRH, an arm of advisory and analytics firm The Chartis Group, works with iVantage Health Analytics to track the data.
The states with the highest number of closures in the past 10 years are...

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