Arrianna Marie Planey
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Arrianna Marie Planey is a health geographer and medical sociologist whose research critically examines the spatial organization of health care, with a focus on rural health equity, health services access, and the political economy of health systems. Her work challenges conventional frameworks by interrogating how market-based policies and structural racism shape rural hospital closures and health care delivery. In her highly cited 2022 paper, “Reimagining and reinvesting in rural hospital markets” (24 citations), Planey argues that the crisis facing rural hospitals is not merely a problem of low patient volumes, but a symptom of deeper market failures and disinvestment. She advocates for reimagining rural health care beyond the hospital model, emphasizing community reinvestment and anti-racist policy. Planey’s scholarship bridges critical geography, public health, and health policy, offering a powerful lens for understanding how place, race, and capital intersect to produce health inequities. Her work is increasingly influential among scholars and policymakers seeking transformative, equity-centered approaches to rural health system reform.
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- 1Reimagining and reinvesting in rural hospital markets24 citations · 2022