Rural ERs, Despite Closure Threats, Save Lives at Similar Rate as Urban Hospitals

November 19, 2021
Read time: 5-15 mins
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Hospitals in rural areas have begun to shrink in numbers as over one hundred have closed since 2010. This means people in who live in these areas face a lack of emergency care. A new Michigan Medicine study found that there is not a significant difference of mortality outcomes between rural and urban ERs.

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