Rural Hospitals in Pennsylvania in the Context of Healthcare Market Consolidations
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Description
Provides an assessment of rural hospitals in Pennsylvania, comparing them to urban hospitals. Examines factors potentially associated with mergers, acquisitions, and health system affiliations, based on interviews and virtual site visits with selected hospitals from 2016-2023. Includes county-level data on available services, utilization, number of beds and more.
Author(s)
Yunfeng Shi, Amy Yeung, Tess Wilson, Lisa Davis
Date
08/2026
Organization
Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Tagged as
Closures of healthcare facilities and services
· County-by-county data
· Healthcare quality
· Hospitals
· Medicaid
· Medicare
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Pennsylvania