America's Rural Hospitals: A Selective Review of 1980s Research

We review 1980s research on American rural hospitals within the context of a decade of increasing restrictiveness in the reimbursement and operating environments. Areas addressed include rural hospital definitions, organizational and financial performance, and strategic management activities. The latter category consists of hospital closure, diversification and vertical integration, swing-bed conversion, sole community provider designation, horizontal integration and multihospital system affiliation, marketing, and patient retention. The review suggests several research needs, including: developing more meaningful definitions of rural hospitals, engaging in methodologically sound work on the effects of innovative programs and strategic management activities—including conversion of the facility itself—on rural hospital performance, and completing studies of the effects of rural hospital closure or conversion on the health of the communities served.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74857/1/j.1748-0361.1990.tb00682.x.pd

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Genome sequencing of Cynaeus angustus adult alternate pseudohaplotype

Genome sequencing and assembly of Cynaeus angustus (larger black flour beetle) was conducted by the USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative

Genome sequencing of Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) adult male principal pseudohaplotype

Genome sequencing and assembly of Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) was conducted by the USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative

Genome sequencing of Curculio caryae adult female

Genome sequencing and assembly of Cucurlio caryae (pecan weevil) was conducted by the USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative