Of the 25 states that have seen at least one rural hospital close since 2010, those with the most closures are in the South, according to research from the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program.
For its analysis, the NCRHRP defined a hospital closure as the cessation in the provision of inpatient services. As of March 27, all of the facilities listed below no longer provided inpatient care. However, some of them still offered other services, including outpatient care, imaging, urgent care or rehabilitation services.
Since 2010, 78 rural hospitals have closed. Here are the five states with the most rural hospital closures since 2010, according to the analysis.
1. Texas — 12 hospitals
Bowie Memorial
East Texas Medical Center-Clarksville
East Texas Medical Center-Gilmer
East Texas Medical Center-Mount Vernon
Good Shepherd Medical Center (Linden)
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Wharton)
Hunt Regional Hospital of Commerce
Lake Whitney Medical Center (Whitney)
Nix Community General Hospital (Dilley)
Renaissance Hospital Terrell
Shelby Regional Medical Center (Center)
Wise Regional Health System-Bridgeport
2. Tennessee — 8 hospitals
Gibson General Hospital (Trenton)
Haywood Park Community Hospital (Brownsville)
Humboldt General Hospital
McNairy Regional Hospital (Selmer)
Parkridge West Hospital (Jasper)
Pioneer Community Hospital of Scott (Oneida)
Starr Regional Medical Center-Etowah
United Regional Medical Center (Manchester)
3. Georgia — 6 hospitals
Calhoun Memorial Hospital (Arlington)
Charlton Memorial Hospital (Folkston)
Hart County Hospital (Hartwell)
Lower Oconee Community Hospital (Glenwood)
North Georgia Medical Center (Ellijay)
Stewart-Webster Hospital (Richland)
4. Alabama — 5 hospitals
Chilton Medical Center (Clanton)
Elba General Hospital
Florala Memorial Hospital
Randolph Medical Center (Roanoke)
South West Alabama Medical Center (Thomasville)
4. Mississippi — 5 hospitals
Kilmichael Hospital
Merit Health Natchez – Community Campus
Patient's Choice Medical Center of Humphreys County (Belzoni)
Pioneer Community Hospital of Newton
Quitman County Hospital (Marks)
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