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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 HealthServicesResearch at UNC Chapel Hill. At least 10 other hospitals in rural parts of the state are at risk of going under.
Sheps Center for HealthServicesResearch at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Residents in these “dead zone” counties tend to live sicker and die younger than people in the rest of the United States, according to KFF Health News’ analysis. .” Learn more about KFF.
Hospitals in jeopardy Cuts to Medicaid could also mean pregnant women in rural counties have fewer places to give birth. Sheps Center for HealthServicesResearch at UNC Chapel Hill, said the program is a major source of funding for the states rural hospitals, many of which are struggling financially.
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