title: Assuring access to rural health services: the case for revitalizing small rural hospitals.
abstract: Many small rural hospitals play a critical role in assuring access to basic health care services, and it is in the public interest for these hospitals to receive the necessary support to revitalize their capabilities, especially with the growing challenges of rural acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), rural drug problems, an aging population, and a growing number of uninsured and underinsured rural residents.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Administration, University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Seavey
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D004465:Economic Competition; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008006:Licensure, Hospital; D012423:Rural Health; D014481:United States