Avoid the impact from hospital closures by preventing them from opening in the first place? Hospital closures are devastating if they're the only one in the area, or remaining facilities don't have enough slack. They aren't devastating in an oversaturated market.

> Avoid the impact from hospital closures by preventing them from opening in the first place?

Yes? That's the idea. I won't say it always works, but it's the idea; preventing the existing facilities from closing.

> They aren't devastating in an oversaturated market.

It certainly can be, if the oversaturation puts all of them on shaky financial grounds.