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 pote...

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Published in:Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 88 - 104
Main Authors: Jones, Faith, Sabin, Tawnie, Roper, Karen L., Crocker, Samuel, Cardarelli, Roberto
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Healthcare 2015
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