title: Rural renewal. As momentum builds, critical access hospsital program shows signs of success.
abstract: The critical access hospital program looks like a success so far, keeping vulnerable rural facilities from closing and maintaining a continuum of care in communities where the next nearest hospital might be hours away. Although conversions can be bumpy, one in four rural hospitals is now a CAH and that number is increasing.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States