Rural ERs Increasingly Operate Without On-Site Doctors, Study Finds - News Facts Network

Experts say rural Emergency Rooms are increasingly run without doctors

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is. Dahl…

Rural ERs Increasingly Operate Without On-Site Doctors, Study Finds - News Facts Network

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Rural Americans Aren't as Healthy as They Used to Be - Southern Farm Network

Before World War Two, rural Americans actually had longer life expectancies than those in urban areas thanks to active lifestyles clean water and time spent outdoors. But that trend has reversed over time. Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, explains how and why this has shifted. “What we’ve seen is slowly over time, while life expectancy increases in urban area, it’s steadily decreased in rural and wow, after covid, it re…