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Aclp - Comments Re Tn Bead Initial Proposal Volume 2 - December 2023, New York Law School
Aclp - Comments Re Tn Bead Initial Proposal Volume 2 - December 2023, New York Law School
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Aclp - State Broadband Profile - Tennessee (July 2023), New York Law School
Aclp - State Broadband Profile - Tennessee (July 2023), New York Law School
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Ballad Health: Understanding Appalachia’S Regional Healthcare Monopoly, Meredith A. Bailey
Ballad Health: Understanding Appalachia’S Regional Healthcare Monopoly, Meredith A. Bailey
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The Ballad Health merger of 2018, which combined the now 21 hospitals in the region under one organization, has impacted the healthcare landscape in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Historically, Appalachia has had to persevere through primary physician shortages, a lack of specialty care, geographic obstacles to accessing healthcare, challenges related to substance abuse, and much more. Since the merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, little research has been done to assess the perceived impact the aggregation of providers has had on the population it serves. This study utilizes an online survey to better understand the …