The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission [MedPAC] has updated its annual chart on the number of openings and closures of acute care hospitals participating in the Medicare program:
According to the latest FY2017 AHA Annual Survey Database, about 98% of the nation’s acute care, non-federal hospitals participate in the Medicare program.
Source: MedPAC Databook: Section 6. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, June 2018. http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/data-book/jun18_databooksec6_sec.pdf?sfvrsn=0
Related source: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. Rural hospital closures: January 2010-present. University of North Carolina, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, accessed April 9, 2019 at http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/programs-projects/rural-health/rural-hospital-closures/
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Filed under: Hospitals, Posted by Diana Culbertson | Tagged: hospital closure trends, new hospital opening trends |
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