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2025 OECD EU Country Health Profiles

The 2025 edition of the Country Health Profiles from the OECD presents a synthesis of various critical aspects, encompassing:• health status• health determinants, with a specific focus on behavioural risk factors• the structure, organization and financing of the...

(Fierce) Rural Hospital Closures

(Fierce) Excellent piece on rural health by Ayla Ellison. In large swaths of America, #hospitalclosures, #servicecuts and #fragilefinances are creating #rural #healthcare deserts or #survivalbysubtraction. Beyond intermittent #EDclosures, this is happening across...

Loss of Rural Maternity Care in the US

Since 2020, 116 #ruralhospitals in the US have or are planning to close their labor and delivery (#LD) units. Presently, only 41% (950) of the 2,396 hospitals with rural classification offer #LD services. Of the remaining 950 hospitals, 127 (13%) are at risk of ending...