Sometimes Bigger IS Better: The Case for Bringing Rural Healthcare to Urban Hospitals

When rural patients need care that local medical facilities can’t provide, what’s the best way to ensure they get the care they need? Economists Jonathan Dingel and Joshua Gottlieb, Co-Director of BFI’s Health Economics Initiative, explore how larger cities and rural areas trade medical services, and challenge assumptions about the best ways to improve both access and care.

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Sometimes Bigger IS Better: The Case for Bringing Rural Healthcare to Urban Hospitals is an episode from Economics Amplified by UChicago Economics Events and Conversations.

This episode is 27:14 long.

This episode was published on Apr 4, 2023.

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