A Comparison of Quality of Care in Critical Access Hospitals and Other Rural Hospitals

• Main Authors: Marianne Baernholdt (Author), Jessica Keim-Malpass (Author), Ivora D Hinton (Author), Guofen Yan (Author), Marilyn Bratt (Author)
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• Udgivet: Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose: The United States has about 2100 rural hospitals. Approximately 1300 are Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) with 25 beds or less. CAHs receive cost-based reimbursement through the federal Flex program with the goal to improve quality and access to health care. Reports on quality of care (QOC)...