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Coping with Loss of Hospital, Rural Town Realizes: We Don’t Need a Hospital

• bediger4000 7y ago
  "Nationwide, death rates have been higher in rural America compared with urban areas since the 1980s, and the gap continues to widen." But, no, no, they don't need a hospital. Kind of seems like they're in denial, and it's not having really good effects.
• hindsightbias 7y ago
  “While much of the rest of Mercy Hospital Fort Scott had been underused and patient rooms sat empty, the ER handled nearly 9,000 people the year before it closed.” “Bourbon County (county code BB) is a county located in Southeast Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 15,173.[1] Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Scott.” That’s a lot of ER visits per capita.