Rural Health
Research Gateway

Julie Perry

North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center

Email: perryjr@email.unc.edu

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
725 MLK Jr. BLVD, CB# 7590
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590

Publications - (4)

2025

  • Rural Hospital Financial Distress Index: Relative Risk in 2025
    North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
    Date: 11/2025
    This infographic shows a U.S. map of the number and percent of rural hospitals within each state at highest relative financial distress risk in 2025.

2024

  • News Media Coverage of Rural Hospital Closures and the Causes
    Policy Brief
    North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
    Date: 10/2024
    This study augments previous research with findings from a structured framework of attributed causes of rural hospital closures through the analysis of news media reports.

2023

  • Rural Emergency Hospital Map and Data
    North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
    Date: 10/2023
    This interactive map tracks hospitals that have converted to Rural Emergency Hospitals since January 2023.

2015

  • The Rising Rate of Rural Hospital Closures
    Journal Article
    North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
    Date: 07/2015
    Discusses the increase in rural hospital closure rates, including the causes of closures and its impact on rural communities.