Instability Continues to Threaten Rural Health Safety Net: Reduced Reimbursements, Dwindling Access to Care and Deteriorating Population Health Status
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Description
Examines factors contributing to the instability of the rural healthcare safety net, including policy-related reimbursement cuts and changes to payer mixes. Presents data on rural hospitals that have stopped offering obstetrics and chemotherapy services. Explores aspects of rural population health and social drivers of health as they relate to rural healthcare delivery challenges.
Date
02/2025
Organization
Chartis Center for Rural Health
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· Behavioral health
· Closures of healthcare facilities and services
· Health disparities
· Health insurance
· Hospitals
· Maternal health and prenatal care
· Medicare
· Mortality
· Policy
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Rural-urban differences
· Social determinants of health
· Specialty care
· Statistics and data
· Suicide and suicide prevention
· Veterans