Rural Hospitals – Resources

Discharge Instructions, Readmission, and Mortality
Analyzes discharge, readmission, payment, and mortality data in hospitals by patient-physician communication and health condition. Includes interactive data visualizations comparing metro and nonmetro differences at the county level. Offers a video tutorial for interacting with the data.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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HCUP Fast Stats: National Emergency Department Visits
Provides access to data on emergency department utilization across a range of years and patient characteristics. To access rural data select Patient Location under Characteristic.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Cybersecurity Insights and Resources for Rural Hospitals
Resources and information to help rural hospitals with cybersecurity risk mitigation.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Hospital Price Transparency
Offers resources for healthcare providers and consumers regarding hospital price transparency regulations and policies. Includes links to a GitHub repository of resources for templates and technical instructions and tools to support hospitals in meeting accessibility and machine-readable file requirements.
Additional links: GitHub Repository
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Birthing-Friendly Hospitals and Health Systems
Interactive tool identifying hospitals and health systems that have been designated as "Birthing-Friendly" by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Center
Provides technical assistance to rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals interested in examining the feasibility of converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Also offers support throughout the application process, planning for REH conversion, and implementing service changes.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2016-2022
Interactive table displaying both counts and rates of emergency department visits from 2016-2022 for the 10 leading primary diagnoses and reasons for visit. Data can be stratified by patient and hospital characteristics, including being in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or non-MSA.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Medicare Learning Network: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Provides general information about the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information about payment rates, Ambulatory Payment Classification groups, price transparency, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Provides general information about the Medicare Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), the Rural Referral Center (RRC) Program, and Low-Volume Hospitals (LVH).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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AHA Hospital Statistics
Interactive dashboard providing data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey. Includes data on historical trends in hospital utilization, personnel, and finances, as well as data on hospitals by bed size category, U.S. Census region, state, and metropolitan statistical area.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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