The economic effects of rural hospital closures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To provide an updated analysis of the economic effects of rural hospital closures.

Study setting

Our study sample was national in scope and consisted of nonmetro counties from 2001 to 2018.

Study design

We used a difference-in-differences study design to estimate the effect of a hospital closure on county income, population, unemployment, and size of the labor force. Specifically, we compared economic changes over time in nonmetro counties experiencing a hospital closure to changes in a control group of nonmetro counties over the same time period. We also leveraged insight from recent research to control for estimation bias due to heterogeneity in the closure effect over time or across groups defined by when closure was experienced.

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SUBMITTER: Malone TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9108064 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature