Rural hospitals pressured to close as healthcare system changes

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Rural hospitals pressured to close as healthcare system changes

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rural-hospitals-pressured-close-healthcare-system-changes-110702292.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f0JO4S4mZnfFf97lmMz7mg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-03T123931Z_1_LYNXMPEA820ND_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An eye exam is performed at the Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise, Virginia" align="left" title="An eye exam is performed at the Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise, Virginia" border="0" /></a>By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO Sep 3 (Reuters) - In January, Linden Texas native Richard Bowden suffered a mild stroke. Within minutes, medics had taken the 68-year-old to the local hospital emergency room, less than a block from his house. Out in the country, that seems like a long way.” Small, rural hospitals like Linden have always struggled to remain viable, but things are getting worse, fast. Twenty-four rural hospitals have closed across the country since the start of 2013, double the pace of the previous 20 months, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program.</p><br clear="all"/>

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