Brown: Quality of Care at Rural Hospitals May Not Differ as Much as Reported, Study Suggests
August 11, 2020
August 11, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 11 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide care to Americans living in remote rural areas. As important health care access points, these hospitals serve a population that is disproportionately older, impoverished and burdened by chronic disease. In 1997, with small rural hospitals under increasing financial strain and closing in large numbers, the federal CAH designation was established to increas . . .
Critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide care to Americans living in remote rural areas. As important health care access points, these hospitals serve a population that is disproportionately older, impoverished and burdened by chronic disease. In 1997, with small rural hospitals under increasing financial strain and closing in large numbers, the federal CAH designation was established to increas . . .