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Closing Rural Hospitals

NOMINATED TOPIC | September 12, 2018
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If a Federal, State or CMS law, rule or regulation caused the closing of one rural hospital, then that should be investigated. The input of the doctors and the hospital administrator in the rural community should be the main source for facts and solutions (not the governmental statistics). Governmental laws, rules and regulations are responsible for all the Rural Hospital closures and this needs to be investigated. 
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Page last reviewed October 2018
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Internet Citation: Closing Rural Hospitals. Content last reviewed October 2018. Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/31824

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