Changes in economic outcomes before and after rural hospital closures in the United States: A difference-in-differences study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to assess changes in local economic outcomes before and after rural hospital closures.

Data sources

Rural hospital closures from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2018, were obtained from the Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Economic outcomes from this same period were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Quarterly Workforce Indicators, U.S. Federal Reserve Economic Data, RAND Corporation state statistics database, U.S. Social Security Administration, and U.S. Census Bureau.

Design

Difference-in-differences study of 2094 rural counties.

Data collection/extraction

The primary exposure was county-level rural hospital closures. The primary outcomes were county-level unemploymen

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9441283 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature