title: Uncompensated care--the millstone around the neck of U.S. health care.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D009739:Nursing Services; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce