South Texas Congressman: ER centers not the cure for shuttered hospitals

New research from the Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute found that one of the options for rural hospitals in the state in danger of closing their doors is to convert more of them into free-standing emergency room facilities. But Texas officials who have watched several communities lose their hospital as a result of ill financial health or other factors warn that such ER centers are not an adequate replacement for patients who are losing critical access to inpatient care. A dozen rural…
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