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Early Evaluation of the Rural Emergency Hospital Program

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.9217

April 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study compares characteristics of eligible hospitals that did and did not adopt Rural Emergency Hospital designation.

Corresponding Author: Cody Lendon Mullens, MD, MPH, MS, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, 2110 Taubman Center, SPC 5346, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (codymu@med.umich.edu).

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