Critical Access Hospital Organizational Conditions
Includes survey results from North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Examines how certain environmental conditions shape the organization structure of CAHs, how they operate, and services they offer. Part of a series of fact sheets on CAHs and the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program.

Effect of Outpatient Visits and Discharge Destination on Potentially Preventable Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure and Bacterial Pneumonia
Emphasizes the importance of receiving timely post-discharge outpatient care and appropriate discharge destination for reducing preventable hospital readmissions, especially but not exclusively among rural-based patients. Full report.

Hospital Networks
Discusses hospital networks. Part of a series of fact sheets on Critical Access Hospitals and the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program.

North Dakota CAH Administrators' Attitudes Toward Issues Facing Rural Hospitals
Discusses CAH administrators' attitudes to a variety of common issues or problems facing rural hospitals. Part of a series of fact sheets on Critical Access Hospitals and the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program.

Geographic Differences in Potentially Preventable Readmission Rates in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Presents a study that estimated Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions (PPRs) in three types of acute care hospitals: urban prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, rural PPS hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

Potentially Preventable Readmissions in Rural Hospitals
Examines potentially preventable readmission rates for rural and urban hospitals, and discusses the rural implications of policy initiatives to reduce readmission rates.