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What has been the trend of hospital closings over the years? In what regions of the country did this occur? What types of regions - urban or rural? What are the reasons? Please help discusses how it related to economic concepts.

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This solution discusses the trend of hospital closings over the years. It provides details regarding the regions where it occurs and the reasons it occurs. The posting is 304 words with two references.

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What has been the trend of hospital closings over the years? What regions of the country? What types--urban vs. rural? What are the reasons? Let's see what are collective research uncovers and how does it relate to some of our economic concepts we have been studying?

The trend in hospital closings over the last decade has been rural and small hospitals closing at an extremely high rate. Rural hospitals represent the most vulnerable hospitals for closures because of several factors associated with these mostly small healthcare organizations. In addition, rural ...

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