A new study finds that Iowa has closed more medical facilities than it has opened, and the state’s mental health center closure rate is at its highest in a decade.
This discovery Report The report on Iowa’s health care environment was released this week by the Common Sense Institute of Iowa, a nonpartisan, pro-free enterprise economic research and policy think tank. The nonprofit examined the economics of the state’s health care sector, including health care costs, insurance rates and the workforce.
“We may be in a better position than other states, but we still have some very significant hurdles we need to overcome in order to improve our economy and our health,” said Chelsea Lensing, a health and wellness researcher at the Common Sense Institute Iowa and lead researcher on the report.
