Rural Hospital Support for Emergency Medical Services (Final Report)

Date
11/2010
Description

This study uses Medicare Hospital Cost Reports to identify rural hospitals, with and without Emergency Medical Services (EMS) units, to answer the following questions: what proportion of rural hospitals support or operate EMS units; has this changed in last five years; what are the characteristics of rural hospitals that support or operate EMS; what are the financial investments made by these hospitals in EMS; and what describes the communities in which these hospitals are located.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Victoria Freeman, Hilda Howard, Ruth Lavergne