Rural Hospitals Closing (Perhaps)

 

 Alabama
Rural hospitals at risk of closing: 30 (65 percent) 

 

 

 

"Across the U.S., 892 hospitals — more than 40 percent of all rural hospitals in the country — are either at immediate or high risk of closure. The more than 300 hospitals at high risk of closure either have lower financial reserves or high dependence on nonpatient service revenues such as local taxes or state subsidies, according to the report." (source below) 

(others in the Alabama area)

Florida
Rural hospitals at risk of closing: 7 (35 percent) 

Georgia
Rural hospitals at risk of closing: 26 (43 percent) 

Kentucky
Rural hospitals at risk of closing: 16 (23 percent) 

Mississippi
Rural hospitals at risk of closing: 41 (63 percent) 

Tennessee
Rural hospitals at risk of closing: 26 (55 percent)

HIGHEST DANGER:

73% of rural hospitals in Kansas (76 of them!) are in danger of closing.

Source: Becker Hospital Review HERE.