The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services.| Sheps Center
42 Hospitals Have Converted to Rural Emergency Hospitals since January 2023 © 2023, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All rights reserved. ⇒Information on rural hospital closures Join Our Email List Follow @ncrural| Sheps Center
The Rural Health Research Program works to address problems in rural health care delivery through basic research, policy-relevant analyses, geographic and graphical presentation of data, and accurate dissemination of information to organizations and individuals.| Sheps Center
195 Rural Hospital Closures and Conversions since January 2005 110 complete closures* + 85 converted closures** 152 Closures and Conversions since 2010 87 complete closures* + 65 converted closures** Numbers of rural hospital closures and conversions do not include conversions to Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), a new type of provider. A list of REHs can... Read more »| Sheps Center
