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Trends in Nursing Home Closures in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties in the United States, 2008-2018

Description
Policy brief documenting closures of facilities dually certified by Medicare and Medicaid or facilities certified by Medicaid only. Identifies areas lacking nursing homes and summarizes characteristics of open and closed nursing homes. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and county-level maps showing areas with one or more nursing home closures from 2008-2018 and counties considered nursing home deserts.
Author(s)
Hari Sharma, Redwan Bin Abdul Baten, Fred Ullrich, A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller
Date
02/2021
Type
Document
Organization
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Tagged as
Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Long-term care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, view details