title: Hospital closures aren't closing off access to care.
abstract: Last month, the AHA released its annual list of closed acute-care hospitals. The report showed that the number of closings dropped to 45 hospitals in 1991 from 50 hospitals in the previous year, continuing a downward trend. A MODERN HEALTHCARE special report takes a look at last year's shuttered facilities and also identifies some noteworthy correlations among the rates of hospital closures, mergers and profits.
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authors: Burda
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014481:United States