title: Rural hospitals: a literature synthesis and health services research agenda.
abstract: The economic decline of rural America and an inability to respond to pressures created by the evolving American health care system are making it increasingly hard for rural hospitals to survive.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455-0392.
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Moscovice
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006302:Health Services Research; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D010067:Ownership; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States