“The financial viability of our rural hospitals is declining,” says lead author and SPH Assistant Professor Caitlin Carroll.

Health Affairs U of MN Rural Health

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Congrats to Sherri Rose for earning the 2023 President’s Award for Excellence Through Diversity Stanford University. Sherri is a tireless advocate for justice, equity and inclusion, and she inspires and challenges us all to aim higher and work harder against an unacceptable status quo.

I am beyond thrilled to be a recipient of the NIHCM Research Award, with my co-authors Kaushik Ghosh, Susan Stewart, Kasey Messer, Trivellore Raghunathan, and Allison Rosen. nihcm.org/awards/winners…

Marika Cabral & I are organizing another virtual mentoring workshop for 3rd+ yr women/non-binary PhD students in health economics/health policy on Sep 29, 2023. To apply please fill out this form: forms.gle/JxRXCuLDB5zXzT… AND send 1-page proposal & CV to [email protected].

Exploring the fate of unprofitable #RuralHospitals , 🧸's Caitlin Carroll + coauthors find that 77% remained open during 2010–18, whereas 7% closed, 4% merged w/ another hospital in the same market & 13% merged w/ another hospital in a different market. #NationalPublicHealthWeek

Supporting high quality, affordable care in rural areas is immensely important. Working w/ Rhi, Nancy Beaulieu, and Caitlin Carroll is wonderful, but this is just a beginning. Many empirical & policy issues remain. For starters: what are best payment models and regulatory regimes

Study in Health Affairs by Associate Professor Caitlin Carroll, PhD Rhiannon Euhus, Nancy Beaulieu, PhD and Michael Chernew investigates the the closures and mergers of rural hospitals
Read about it here: healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.137…

Exploring the fate of unprofitable rural hospitals, Caitlin Carroll of 🧸 + coauthors find that 77% remained open during 2010–18, whereas 7% closed, 4% merged w/ another hospital in the same market, and 13% merged w/ another hospital in a different market. #RuralHospitals

Not entirely surprising, but WOW: immuno-onc pretty much hit peak adoption within 2y. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… by Caitlin Carroll Mary Beth Landrum Alexi Wright & Nancy Keating

For context, Seth Robey & I found median drug takes ~7y post-launch to hit peak (nature.com/articles/nrd.2…).

🚨 Hot off the press today and *just* in time for Julia Interrante's talk today (link below): jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Great work by Julia +team!! Way to go!⚖️💫

They also highlight a really fantastic piece by Caitlin Carroll Arrianna Marie Planey, MA PhD Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA that describes the evolving complexity of rural health care markets (consolidation, bypass behaviors, and more).

I learned a ton reading it.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Thanks to AcademyHealth and Journal of Hospital Medicine for spotlighting some recent work on rural hospital closures.

They contextualize:

1) ⬇️ economic trends in areas where rural hospitals eventually close

2) Role of bystander hospitals that remain open after closures occur