title: Success factors for the future survival of rural hospitals.
abstract: Rural hospitals are among those at greatest risk in the changing world of healthcare delivery. There are, however, those that are continuing to thrive despite the odds. The common thread among these are factors found in select Midwest rural hospitals.
authors.affiliation: BJC Health System, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Shaughnessy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raffin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rector
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004465:Economic Competition; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008330:Management Audit; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011340:Problem Solving; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*