2022

• The Economic Effects of Rural Hospital Closures
  Journal Article
  North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Date: 03/2022
  This study updates previous research (Holmes, et al. 2006) on the economic effects of rural hospital closures by measuring the economic changes over time among U.S. rural counties that had a hospital closure from 2001-2018.
• Since 1990, Rural Hospital Closures Have Increasingly Occurred in Counties That Are More Urbanized, Diverse, and Economically Unequal
  Policy Brief
  North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Date: 03/2022
  The brief describes the socio‐economic, demographic, and health system characteristics for rural counties with and without hospital closures between 1990 and 2020. We analyzed potential differences among counties that experienced rural hospital closures from 2010‐2020 compared to counties with rural hospital closures from 1990‐2009.