Lessons Learned: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Barriers to Swing Bed Utilization in Critical Access Hospitals in Montana

Purpose: Critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide access to care and economic stability to rural regions. At times rural populations need higher-level health care from distant urban-based acute care hospitals (ACHs), distancing them from their social network. Sample/Method: This paper evaluates pot...

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Main Authors: Faith Jones, Tawnie Sabin, Karen L. Roper, Samuel Crocker, Roberto Cardarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University 2015-08-01
Series:Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care
Online Access:https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/366