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Bucking a dismal trend, a few rural towns are building new hospitals
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Some might be as profitable/unpredictable as they used to be, but urban/suburban areas are still much more profitable areas for hospitals to operate.
The reality of rural areas is that by their nature there just aren't as many people there
Yeah i came up with a few possible explanations:
Or some combination of these.