Rural hospitals and health centers face a myriad of challenges. The University of North Carolina's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in Chapel Hill compiled a list of rural hospital closures since 2005, including the 25 rural hospital closures since January 2020.
The hospitals, by state, followed by month and year of closure:
Florida
Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center (Lake City); closed August 2020
Shands Live Oak Regional Medical Center (Live Oak); closed April 2020
Shands Starke Regional Medical Center (Starke); closed Aril 2020
Georgia
Northridge Medical Center (Commerce); closed October 2020
Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center (Cuthbert); closed October 2020
Illinois
Galesburg Cottage Hospital; closed January 2022
Iowa
Blessing Health Keokuk; closed September 2022
Kansas
Community HealthCare System - St. Marys; closed June 2021
St. Luke's Cushing Hospital (Leavenworth); closed July 2020
Sumner Community Hospital (Wellington); closed March 2020
Maryland
Edward W. McCready Memorial Hospital (Crisfield); closed March 2020
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Health System - Springfield; closed March 2020
Missouri
Pinnacle Regional Hospital (Boonville); closed January 2020
Callaway Community Hospital (Fulton); closed March 2022
Audrain Community Hospital (Mexico); closed March 2022
Nebraska
MercyOne Oakland Medical Center; closed July 2021
Pennsylvania
UPMC Susquehanna Sunbury (Sunbury); closed January 2020
Tennessee
Jellico Medical Center; closed November 2020
Perry Community Hospital (Linden); closed August 2020
Cumberland River Hospital (Celina); closed November 2020
Decatur County General Hospital (Parsons); closed April 2020
Texas
Central Hospital of Bowie; closed February 2020
Virginia
Mountain View Regional Hospital (Norton); closed January 2020
West Virginia
Bluefield Regional Medical Center; closed July 2020
Williamson Memorial Hospital; closed April 2020