Closing a Hospital, and Fearing for the Future

This weekend, Mercy Independence Hospital in Kansas will join dozens of rural hospitals that have closed in the last five years, because of declining reimbursements, regulatory burdens and shrinking populations. [Source]

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: United States

Topics: Hospital, populations, shrinking, burdens, regulatory, reimbursements, declining, because, years, closed, hospitals, rural, dozens, Kansas, Independence, Mercy, weekend, Future, Fearing, Closing

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