mortality for time-sensitive conditions: sepsis, stroke, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute … Development (OSHPD) data, the impact of hospital closures on inpatient mortality is estimated. Outcomes of admissions in hospital … closures increase inpatient mortality by 0.46% points (an increase of 5.9%), whereas urban closures have no impact. Results …

from 1995-2011 on adjusted inpatient mortality for time-sensitive conditions: sepsis, stroke, asthma/chronic obstructive … differential impacts shows that rural closures increase inpatient mortality by 0.78% points (an increase of 8.7%), whereas urban ….4% increase in inpatient mortality) and relatively worse impacts of rural closures for Medicaid patients and racial minorities (11 …