Rural Health Research Gateway

Economic development

Publications

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  • Effect of Rural Hospital Closures on Community Economic Health
    Author(s): George M. Holmes, Rebecca T. Slifkin, Randy K. Randolph, Stephanie Poley
    Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
    Topics: Economic development, Hospitals and clinics
    Citation: Health Services Research, 41(2), 467-485
    Date: 2006
    Describes the effect of hospital closure on the local economy, based on a study of county level economic data for 1990–2000 in rural counties experiencing a hospital closure.

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