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Bagley was one of about 20 people who graduated in December 2024 from East Carolina University’s psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program. Credit: Courtesy of East Carolina University Weve lost a lot Ruralhealth care access in general across North Carolina has suffered in recent years.
Leah Abrams In the United States, rural residents do not live as long as their urban counterparts. in rural areas, but by 2005–2009, the difference was greater (78.8 This disparity has been widening for decades. Around 1970, urban life expectancy was 70.9 years, compared with 70.5
That hits your rural hospitals extremely hard. Twelve rural hospitals in North Carolina have either shut down or stopped providing inpatient care since 2005, according to data from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill.
Twelve rural hospitals in North Carolina have either shut down or stopped providing inpatient care since 2005, according to data from the Sheps Center. At least 10 other hospitals in rural parts of the state are at risk of going under. And if you have Medicaid, then hospitals are getting money for it.
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