title: Rural hospital turnaround comes from planning, winning support, collaborating.
abstract: Eleven years ago, rural Bladen County Hospital in North Carolina was on the verge of closing. Since then, its leaders have used planning, collaborating, and winning community support to implement many new initiatives and develop an award-winning rural health network.
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authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005582:Foundations; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009657:North Carolina; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011445:Prospective Payment System