title: Long-term care in small rural hospitals.
abstract: A comparison of small rural hospitals with long-term care units (LTC) to those without units revealed both hospital and community differences. Hospitals with LTC were smaller and differed in length of stay, personnel, and expenses. Their counties were smaller in population and less urban, but did not have proportionally more elderly or different indicators of economic stability.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bowlyow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001508:Bed Conversion; D003625:Data Collection; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010067:Ownership; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014481:United States