Rural Hospitals – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Rural Hospitals.
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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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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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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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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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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Hospital Price Transparency Requirements Quick Reference Checklists
Summarizes hospital price transparency regulations to facilitate hospital compliance. Presents information on which hospitals are required to comply, as well as checklists for making public standard charges for all items and services, as well as standard charges for shoppable services, and maintaining an internet-based price estimator tool.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Summarizes hospital price transparency regulations to facilitate hospital compliance. Presents information on which hospitals are required to comply, as well as checklists for making public standard charges for all items and services, as well as standard charges for shoppable services, and maintaining an internet-based price estimator tool.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Community Benefit Insight
Provides information on community benefit spending for tax-exempt hospitals between 2010 and 2022. Presents data at the state and individual facility levels. Allows users to compare up to 5 hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: RTI International
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Provides information on community benefit spending for tax-exempt hospitals between 2010 and 2022. Presents data at the state and individual facility levels. Allows users to compare up to 5 hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: RTI International
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AHA Rural Health Services Tools and Resources
A collection of case studies, data graphics, and tools highlighting rural hospital healthcare innovations, including new payment models implemented by hospitals and health systems in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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A collection of case studies, data graphics, and tools highlighting rural hospital healthcare innovations, including new payment models implemented by hospitals and health systems in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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HCUP Summary Trend Tables
Provides a series of data files on monthly hospital utilization data derived from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases (SID) and HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) beginning in January 2017. Includes state-by-state data on hospitalizations due to COVID-19, influenza, and other respiratory conditions; normal newborns and deliveries; non-elective stays admitted through emergency departments; and elective inpatient stays. Contains information on urban-rural locations of the hospital and patient residence.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides a series of data files on monthly hospital utilization data derived from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases (SID) and HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) beginning in January 2017. Includes state-by-state data on hospitalizations due to COVID-19, influenza, and other respiratory conditions; normal newborns and deliveries; non-elective stays admitted through emergency departments; and elective inpatient stays. Contains information on urban-rural locations of the hospital and patient residence.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Care Compare
Provides information on the quality of care, cost, volume of services, and other data for Medicare-certified providers. Includes data on doctors and clinicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health services, hospice care, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and dialysis facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides information on the quality of care, cost, volume of services, and other data for Medicare-certified providers. Includes data on doctors and clinicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health services, hospice care, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and dialysis facilities.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Pennsylvania Rural Health Model
Provides information on a joint CMS and the Pennsylvania Department of Health model designed to improve the financial viability of rural Pennsylvania hospitals and reduce the growth of hospital expenditures across payers, including Medicare. Includes information on participating hospitals and details about the performance period and model targets.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides information on a joint CMS and the Pennsylvania Department of Health model designed to improve the financial viability of rural Pennsylvania hospitals and reduce the growth of hospital expenditures across payers, including Medicare. Includes information on participating hospitals and details about the performance period and model targets.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Last Updated: 10/10/2025