Bauer Jeffrey C
Superior Consultant Company Inc., Southfield, USA.
Mich Health Hosp. 2002 Mar-Apr;38(2):16-7.
Fifty years ago, the number of beds was the only significant difference between rural and urban hospitals. Health care was a relatively "low tech" business. Hospitals in less-populated areas were able to provide the same services as their big-city counterparts. However, beginning in the 1960s, rapid advances in technology started to put rural hospitals at a disadvantage.
