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Variation in Hospital Visiting Hour Policies in US Acute Care Facilities: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analysis

2026-04-28

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Hospital visiting-hour policies vary widely across the United States, yet the structural factors shaping this variation remain poorly characterized. <h4>Objective</h4> This study investigates how hospital-level financial characteristics, payer mix, and rurality relate to the restrictiveness of inpatient visiting-hour policies, and assesses whether these relationships differ...

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Literature Corpus work: 4269b1b7-e359-5f3b-a7d8-2f3dcbeadac9
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.27.26351861

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