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16 CFO / FINANCE Breakdown of 73 rural hospital closures, by state By Ayla Ellison A bout 60 million people — nearly 1 in 5 Americans — live in rural areas and depend on their local hospitals for care. More than 70 of those hospitals have ended all services since 2011, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. e number of rural hospital closures steadily increased over a four-year peri- od, with a record-breaking 20 hospitals shutting down in 2020, according to the Sheps Center. ough rural hospitals continue to face many challenges, including low patient volume, heavy reliance on government payers and financial pressure tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal aid helped partially off- set those challenges in 2021. Only two rural hospitals had ceased inpatient care in 2021 as of Dec. 3, 2021, the Sheps Center found. Many of the hospitals that shut down over the past decade still provide some healthcare services, such as urgent care, primary care or long-term care. Listed below are the 73 rural hospitals that have completely closed since Jan. 1, 2011, as tracked by the Sheps Center. Alabama SouthWest Alabama Medical Center (omasville) Randolph Medical Center (Roanoke) Chilton Medical Center (Clanton) Georgiana Medical Center Arizona Florence Community Healthcare Cochise Regional Hospital (Douglas) Arkansas De Queen Medical Center California Adventist Health Feather River (Paradise) Coalinga Regional Medical Center Florida Campbellton-Graceville Hospital Regional General Hospital (Williston) Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center (Lake City) Georgia Hart County Hospital (Harwell) Charlton Memorial Hospital (Folkston) Stewart-Webster Hospital (Richland) Lower Oconee Community Hospital (Glen- wood) Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center (Cuthbert) Kansas Horton Community Hospital Oswego Community Hospital Sumner Community Hospital (Wellington) Kentucky Nicholas County Hospital (Carlisle) Parkway Regional Hospital (Fulton) Louisiana Doctor's Hospital at Deer Creek (Leesville) Minnesota Albany Area Hospital Mississippi Patient's Choice Medical of Humphreys County (Belzoni) Pioneer Community Hospital of Newton Merit Health Natchez-Community Campus Missouri Sac-Osage Hospital (Osceola) Parkland Health Center-Weber Road (Farmington) Southeast Health Center of Reynolds Coun- ty (Ellington) Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center (Kennett) I-70 Community Hospital (Sweet Springs) Pinnacle Regional Hospital (Boonville) Nevada Nye Regional Medical Center (Tonopah) North Carolina Vidant Pungo Hospital (Belhaven) Yadkin Valley Community Hospital (Yadkinville) Sandhills Regional Medical Center (Hamlet) Davie Medical Center-Mocksville Oklahoma Latimer County General Hospital (Wilburton) Sayre Community Hospital Pennsylvania Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs (Ashland) Ellwood City Medical Center South Carolina Bamberg County Memorial Hospital Marlboro Park Hospital (Bennettsville) Southern Palmetto Hospital (Barnwell) Fairfield Memorial Hospital (Winnsboro) Tennessee Haywood Park Community Hospital (Brownsville) United Regional Medical Center (Manchester) Tennova Healthcare-McNairy Regional (Selmer) Copper Basin Medical Center (Copperhill) McKenzie Regional Hospital Jamestown Regional Medical Center Jellico Medical Center Perry Community Hospital (Linden) Cumberland River Hospital (Celina) Decatur County General Hospital (Parsons) Texas Shelby Regional Medical Center Renaissance Hospital Terrell East Texas Medical Center-Clarksville East Texas Medical Center-Gilmer East Texas Medical Center-Trinity Good Shepherd Medical Center (Linden) Lake Whitney Medical Center (Whitney) Hunt Regional Community Hospital of Commerce Gulf Coast Medical Center (Wharton) Nix Community General Hospital (Dilley) Weimar Medical Center Care Regional Medical Center (Aransas Pass) Little River Healthcare Rockdale Hospital Little River Healthcare Cameron Hospital Central Hospital of Bowie Virginia Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County (Stuart) West Virginia Williamson Memorial Hospital n