RURAL REPORT - AHA

RURAL REPORTC hallenges Facing RURAL Communities and the Roadmap to Ensure Local Access to High-quality, Affordable Care2 2019 american hospital association | Facing RURAL Communities and the Roadmap to Ensure Local Access to High-quality, Affordable CareNearly 20 percent of Americans live in RURAL areas and depend on their hospitals as important and often only sources of care in their ,2 RURAL hospitals provide access to care close to home and improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities they serve. The availability of local, timely access to care saves lives and reduces the added expense, lost work hours and inconvenience of traveling to facilities farther away.

a core set of rural-relevant measures and develop rural-focused recommendations on measuring and improving access to care. The final report may be found at www.qualityforum.org. Figure 2: Persistent, Recent, and Emergent Challenges Facing Rural Communities Emergent Recent Persistent Source: American Hospital Association, 2018 Challenging Payer Mix.

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