CRITICAL CONDITIONS.

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      The article discusses various issues facing the critical-access hospitals in the U.S. River Hospital in Alexandria Bay, New York is one of 13 critical-access hospitals in the state and 1,279 throughout the country that are seemingly flourishing, perhaps at the expense of other less-advantaged hospitals. In 2004, inpatient payments to critical-access hospitals that filed cost reports totaled about 1.1% of all Medicare payments for inpatient care.