Rural hospitals: a literature synthesis and health services research agenda
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Rural hospitals: a literature synthesis and health services research agenda
Abstract
The economic decline of rural America and an inability to respond to pressures created by the evolving American health care system are making it increasingly hard for rural hospitals to survive.
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