Report: Over 60% of rural Arkansas hospitals at risk of closing [View all]

ARKANSAS, USA — A new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform said that 30 out of 47 rural hospitals in Arkansas are at risk of closing, with 11 of those hospitals being at "immediate risk."

The report looks at rural hospitals throughout the country that are at risk of closing and the factors that could be leading up to their closures, namely specific financial woes — the report points to losses on patient services, insufficient revenues from other sources to offset losses, and low financial reserves as key issues.

"Over the past decade, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed. As a result, the millions of Americans who live in those communities no longer have access to an emergency room, inpatient care, and many other hospital services that citizens in most of the rest of the country take for granted," the survey said.

Surveyors said that over 700 rural hospitals in the US are at risk of closing due to financial problems, which accounts for 1/3 of all rural hospitals in the country. Additionally, of those 700 hospitals, more than 300 are at immediate risk of closing.

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