{"id":3601,"date":"2016-07-19T07:32:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T11:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2016-07-19T07:32:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T11:32:15","slug":"sometimes-tiny-is-just-the-right-size-microhospitals-filling-some-er-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3601","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Tiny Is Just The Right Size: \u2018Microhospitals\u2019 Filling Some ER Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Eyeing fast-growing urban and suburban markets where demand for health care services is outstripping supply, some health care systems are opening tiny, full-service hospitals with comprehensive emergency services but often fewer than a dozen inpatient beds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advisory.com\/research\/financial-leadership-council\/at-the-margins\/2016\/05\/micro-hospitals\" target=\"_blank\">These \u201cmicrohospitals\u201d<\/a>\u00a0provide residents quicker access to emergency care, and they may also offer outpatient surgery,\u00a0primary care and other services. They are generally affiliated with larger health care systems, which can use the smaller facility to expand in an area without incurring the cost of a full-scale hospital. So far, they are being developed primarily in a few states \u2014 Texas, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/sometimes-tiny-is-just-the-right-size-microhospitals-filling-some-er-needs\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31813167&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tx_TZhHq4h3008uxWnhmjUeKM8ofXiwujbRQHF1JuIdap28X0NZcAZJx1QcnTUY0w7w0WxCS3hkghLEahsxyGj2DxZQ&amp;_hsmi=31813167\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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