Read the recently published NZ research:

“Good Care Close To Home: Local health professional perspectives on how a rural hospital can contribute to the healthcare of its community.”

Katharina Blattner, Tim Stokes, Marara Rogers-Koroheke, Garry Nixon, Susan M Dovey

NZMJ 7 February 2020, Vo 133 No 1509

A summary of this research paper, that aims to gain insights into the wider roles of one rural hospital, from the perspective of its staff can be read here:

https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/rural/2020/02/10/good-care-closer-to-home/