Purpose Rural hospitals are closing at unprecedented rates, with hundreds more at risk of
closure in the coming 2 years. Multiple federal policies are being developed and …

Purpose To compile the literature on the effects of rural hospital closures on the community
and summarize the evidence, specifically the health and economic impacts, and identify …

A key issue facing the United States is how to structure rural health care delivery. In research
and policy discussions of this challenge, a core focus has been the appropriate role for rural …

Introduction There is presently a rural hospital shortage in the United States with 180
closures since 2005 and hundreds of institutions in financial peril. Although the hospital …

Objective To describe network structure and alignment across organizations in healthcare,
public health, and social services sectors that serve pregnant and parenting women with …

The article presents commentary on hospital closures in rural communities of color who are
facing social inequality. Topics include product of historical and systemic injustice can …

We investigate how hardships affect rural politics, considering the case of hospital closures.
In the last two decades, more than two hundred rural hospitals have closed their doors or …

Objective To estimate the effect of nursing home closure on local employment, overall, and
by rurality. Data Sources and Study Setting We obtained 2008–2018 county‐level data from …

Purpose Hospitals are increasingly the target of cybersecurity threats, including ransomware
attacks. Little is known about how ransomware attacks affect care at rural hospitals. Methods …

Between 1990 and 2020, 334 rural hospitals closed in the United States, and since 2011
hospital closures have outnumbered new hospital openings. This scoping review evaluates …