Changes in access to community health services among rural areas affected and unaffected by hospital closures between 2006 and 2018: A comparative interrupted time series study

Purpose Recent studies suggest that Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) may be expanding their provision of primary care in rural communities that experience a hospital loss. Whether these trends are different from rural areas not being affected by rural hospital closures is unknown. Methods D...

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Published in:	The Journal of rural health Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 291 - 301
Main Authors:	Bell, Nathaniel, Hung, Peiyin, Merrell, Melinda A., Crouch, Elizabeth, Eberth, Jan M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 2023
Subjects:	Access access to care Aged Case-Control Studies Closure community health Community Health Services experimental design Federally Qualified Health Centers Health Health care Health facilities Health Facility Closure Health services Health Services Accessibility hospital closures hospitals Humans Interrupted Time Series Analysis Medicaid Medical personnel Medicare Postal codes Primary care Proximity Rural areas Rural communities rural health Rural health care rural health clinics Rural Health Services Services Time Time series time series analysis Trends United States United States Federally Qualified Health Centers access to care hospital closures rural health rural health clinics
ISSN:	0890-765X, 1748-0361, 1748-0361
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