{
  "id": 13142252,
  "title": "Urban hospitals face closure rates similar to rural facilities, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/urban-hospitals-face-closure-rates-similar-to-rural-facilities-study",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T13:18:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hospital-closures-accelerated-2010-rates-similar-among-rural-urban-facilities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There were 432 acute hospital closures and 216 openings across the country from 2010 through 2025, with the former accelerating over time and the latter slowing, according to a new study. Closure rates were statistically similar between rural and urban hospitals, and generally increased among safety net facilities and for-profits.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}