Key Findings from Chartis Study on Rural Hospitals

  1. 50% of America’s rural hospitals are operating in the red.
  2. 55% of independent rural hospitals are operating in the red
  3. while 42% of system affiliated rural hospitals are operating at a loss.
  4. Medicare Advantage now accounts for 35% of all Medicare-eligible patients in rural communities. In 7 states
  5. penetration exceeds 50%.
  6. A record 28 rural communities lost access to inpatient care last year as a result of rural hospital closures or conversion to a model excluding inpatient care.
  7. 418 rural hospitals are ‘vulnerable to closure.’
  8. 267 rural hospitals
  9. nearly 25% of America’s rural OB units
  10. dropped OB services between 2011 and 2021.
  11. 382 rural hospitals stopped providing chemotherapy services between 2014 and 2022.

Source: Business Wire: Chartis Study Reveals America’s Rural Hospitals Fall Deeper into the Red as ‘Care Deserts’ Grow Bigger, February 13, 2024 - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240213330899/en/Chartis-Study-Reveals-…

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