tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 26

Hospitals: SMALL FACILITIES HIT HARDEST BY CLOSURES

In rural and urban settings alike, smaller hospitals that treat fewer patients than their peers are more likely to be forced into shutting their doors. That's the upshot of a pair of recent analyses from the HHS Office of Inspector General. The reports - "Trends in Rural Hospital Closure: 1990-2000" (OEI 04-02-00610) and "Trends in Urban Hospital Closure: 1990-2000" (OEI 04-02-00611) - combine 11 years' worth of OIG scrutiny of the issue. Significant findings include: 296 urban hospitals and 208 rural hospitals closed since 1990 - 10.6 and 7.8 percent of all urban and rural hospitals, respectively...

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