Richard Columbo is grateful that he only has to push a couple of miles to receive chemotherapy. UCHealth and Mt. San Rafael Clinic in Trinidad have teamed up to deliver treatment nearer to residence for patients in southern Colorado who need to have chemotherapy. Pictures: UCHealth. The way Richard Columbo describes his journey with esophageal […]
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COVID-19 funds may mask rural hospitals’ true outlook
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Between the start of the pandemic and February 2021, rural hospitals nationwide received nearly $15 billion in federal relief dollars, according to researchers at UNC’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. But while the money helped slow the pace of rural hospital closures and enabled these facilities to care for […]
Nearly half of rural hospitals lose money on births
By Liz Carey Daily Yonder About 40 percent of rural hospitals are losing money on their obstetrics programs, but many continue to provide the service because of its importance for community health, a new study shows. Losing childbirth services can also be a harbinger of hard times for a rural hospital, oftentimes serving as a […]
Rural hospital closures cluster in poor, diverse counties
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven In the past decade, rural hospitals that shuttered tended to be in rural counties with lower incomes, higher levels of unemployment, and higher proportions of Black and Latino residents. That finding comes from a recent study conducted by researchers at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel […]
$3.9 Million Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Helps KFF Establish Kaiser Health News Rural Health Reporting Desk
Jan. 27, 2022 — SAN FRANCISCO and SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — KFF is expanding its KHN (Kaiser Wellbeing Information) operation by creating a rural overall health reporting desk supported by a $3.9 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Belief. KFF will increase KHN’s editorial team and build a workforce of […]
Three indicators that may predict a rural hospital closure
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Since 2005, 181 rural hospitals across the country have shut their doors permanently — 56 of those between 2017 and 2020. Scholars at the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill watch the issue closely. Two researchers recently decided […]