Between 2010-2021, 136 hospitals in rural regions closed their doors, unable to bear worker shortages, low patient volume, and financial burdens of the COVID-19 ...

Many healthcare provider shortages are concentrated in rural areas. In Mississippi, over 58% of counties — most of them rural — don't have enough primary care.

5 сент. 2023 г. · People in rural areas are more likely to die from preventable or treatable diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory ailments ...

29 авг. 2024 г. · Rural residents often lack health insurance coverage, which contributes to the lack of access to healthcare and drives up costs for hospitals ...

80% of rural America is considered “medically underserved,” a problem that worsens each year as fewer doctors choose to live in or practice in rural areas.

Approximately 77 percent of rural counties in the United States are so-called medical deserts, owing to a shortage of primary care professionals, according to ...

2 июн. 2022 г. · Medical deserts create a shortage of care in both rural and urban areas due to geographical and economic causes, but AI-infused health IT tools and telehealth ...

Definition and Characteristics of Medical Deserts. Most studies considered medical deserts as rural areas, underserved areas or used a measure of distance ...

31 янв. 2024 г. · Healthcare deserts are being created in communities nationwide due to hospital consolidations, closures and the elimination of emergency rooms.

18 янв. 2023 г. · These areas are usually characterized by a shortage of healthcare resources like doctors, hospitals, trauma centers, low-cost health centers and ...