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Rural hospital chemotherapy service closures

March 30, 2026Ian Weissman, DO

Ian Weissman warns that hundreds of rural hospitals stopped offering chemotherapy over a decade, signaling worsening geographic access to cancer treatment.

448 rural hospitals – nearly a quarter of the nation’s total – stopped offering chemotherapy services between 2014 and 2024.
“448 rural hospitals – nearly a quarter of the nation’s total – stopped offering chemotherapy services between 2014 and 2024.”
448 rural hospitals
stopped offering chemotherapy services between 2014 and 2024.
Ian Weissman, DO
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