Health Equity

These 3 charts show how rural health care was weakened even before COVID-19

Abstract: Even before the emergence of COVID-19, hundreds of rural hospitals sat on the verge of closure, and vital services like obstetrics, chemotherapy and orthopedics were drying up, according to new analysis from the Chartis Center for Rural Health.

Publication: PBS

Date Published: May 14, 2020

Author(s): Laura Santhanam

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