A dive into our most recent study: Are certificate-of-need laws helping or hurting rural healthcare?
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Our research — recently accepted at the Southern Economic Journal — indicates that repealing CON laws increases hospital access, including in rural areas. Rural Americans fare worse than their urban counterparts on many indicators of health, including mortality, chronic disease and behavioral risk factors. A long-standing challenge is that acute shortages of healthcare providers, in addition to already long driving times to healthcare facilities, make it difficult for many residents of sparsely populated areas to receive needed care.
A dive into our most recent study: Are certificate-of-need laws helping or hurting rural healthcare?
A dive into our most recent study: Are…
A dive into our most recent study: Are certificate-of-need laws helping or hurting rural healthcare?
Our research — recently accepted at the Southern Economic Journal — indicates that repealing CON laws increases hospital access, including in rural areas. Rural Americans fare worse than their urban counterparts on many indicators of health, including mortality, chronic disease and behavioral risk factors. A long-standing challenge is that acute shortages of healthcare providers, in addition to already long driving times to healthcare facilities, make it difficult for many residents of sparsely populated areas to receive needed care.