Health Equity

Urban Hospitals of Last Resort Cling to Life in Time of COVID

Abstract: Rural hospitals have been closing at a quickening pace in recent years, but a number of inner-city hospitals now face a similar fate.

Publication: Kaiser Health News

Date Published: September 17, 2020

Author(s): Jordan Rau and Emmarie Huetteman

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