Obstetric care access is declining in states across the country. Between 2010 and 2022, seven states had at least a quarter of their hospitals stop providing obstetric services.
rural health care
Rural hospital closures led to higher prices at nearby ‘surviving’ hospitals
Number of U.S. hospitals offering obstetric care is declining
Talking rural healthcare with SPH’s Carrie Henning-Smith
Talking long-term care in rural Minnesota with SPH Associate Professor Janette Dill
Direct care workers are an essential part of supporting an aging population, particularly as more people favor aging in place over nursing homes and require in-home assistance with daily activities. Yet, as Minnesota continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns about the state’s direct care workforce remain.
Rural Residents Face Multiple Barriers in Finding Long-Term Care
Assistant Professor Carrie Henning-Smith found that hospital discharge planners encounter transportation, financial, space availability and other problems when trying to place patients in rural nursing homes.
Half of Rural Hospitals Without Maternity Care
A new study from PhD student Peiyin Hung and the Rural Health Research Center finds that nine percent of rural counties in the U.S. lost hospital-based childbirth services from 2004-14.
