Capitol Notebook: New study spotlights Iowa health care landscape

Capitol Notebook: New study spotlights Iowa health care landscape 
TheGazette; by The Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau; 8/22/24 
More Iowa health care facilities have closed than opened since 2008, and more Iowa hospitals are operating at a loss as workforce shortages and costs rise. ... Key findings of the report include: 

• More than one third of all Iowa hospitals, and 60 percent of rural hospitals, operated at a loss in 2022.
• Over the last 15 years, 250 more health care facilities in Iowa have closed than have opened, with mental health centers leading all provider types in net closings, along with elderly care, home health, hospice and rehabilitation centers.