DOTmed February 13, 2020
More than 450 rural hospitals are considered vulnerable to closing, says The Chartis Center for Rural Health.
The advisory and analytics service firm made the claim at the National Rural Health Association’s Rural Health Policy Institute conference, asserting that performance metrics in a survey it conducted showed 216 facilities to be ‘most vulnerable’ to closure, and categorized 237 others as ‘at risk’.
“Our study examined the impact of 16 variables and determined that nine were statistically relevant in decreasing (or increasing) a hospital’s likelihood of closure,” Michael Topchik, national leader of The Chartis Center for Rural Health, told HCB News. “When you look at these nine variables you see that most tie back to financial performance, such as capital efficiency,...
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