Caitlin Carroll on Rural Hospital Survival

<p><em>Health Affairs'</em> Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Caitlin Carroll from the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health on her recently-published paper <a href="http://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01191?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=a+health+podyssey&amp;utm_campaign=april+2023">examining hospital survival in rural markets with a particular focus on hospitals in financial distress</a>.<br> <br>The authors found that between 2010 and 2018, 77% of unprofitable hospitals continued to operate as usual, while 17% merged and 7% closed.</p><p><a href="https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&amp;PC=HR&amp;BI=HRI&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=A+health+podyssey">Order the April 2023 issue of <em>Health Affairs</em></a>.</p><p><em>Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=a+health+podyssey&amp;utm_campaign=insider"><em>With your support</em></a><em>, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-health-podyssey">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-health-podyssey/id1533852530">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3tAEbXdlzlcgjLTHfJMYqR">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=576615&amp;refid=stpr">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2EtaGVhbHRoLXBvZHlzc2V5">Google Podcasts</a></p>