Rural hospital definition

Rural hospital means a hospital that meets both of the following:
Rural hospital means an acute care hospital licensed under chapter 395, having 100 or fewer licensed beds and an emergency room, and which is:
Rural hospital means a hospital that was initially approved as a hospital prior to January 1, 2003 and is located in a county that has at least a portion of a rural census tract of a Metro- politan Statistical Area (MSA) as determined under the most recent version of the Goldsmith Modification as provided in 42 CFR 412.103(a)(1).

Examples of Rural hospital in a sentence

  • Rural hospital closures: 199 Rural hospital closures and conversions since January 2005.

  • Addendum 1: Rural hospital stabilization grant program, phase five.

  • Rural hospital closures threaten access: Solutions to preserve care in local communities.

  • Rural hospital closures: Number and characteristics of affected hospitals and contributing factors.


More Definitions of Rural hospital

Rural hospital means a hospital located within a rural county.
Rural hospital means any general hospital in a county classified by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as rural, any hospital designated as a critical access hospital, any general hospital that is eligible to receive funds under the federal Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program, or any general hospital that notifies the commissioner of its desire to retain its rural status when that hospital is in a county reclassified by the OMB as a metropolitan statistical area as of June 6, 2003.
Rural hospital means a hospital located anywhere in the state except the following areas:
Rural hospital means a hospital, as defined in Article 1, that is physically located in Arizona but in a county other than Maricopa and Pima County.
Rural hospital means any COPA Hospital not located in Sullivan County, Tennessee, Washington County, Tennessee, Washington County, Virginia or the independent Virginia city of Bristol. The Rural Hospitals as of the Issue Date are Hawkins County, Lonesome Pine, Mountain View Regional, Hancock County, Takoma Regional, Sycamore Shoals, Norton Community, Russell County, Smyth County, Unicoi County, Dickenson Community, Johnson County and Laughlin Memorial.
Rural hospital means a private or community hospital having at least one (1) or no more than seventy-five (75) licensed acute-care beds that is located in a rural area.
Rural hospital means a hospital that is located outside