title: The hospital as caretaker: the Almshouse past and the intensive care future.
authors.affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D007902:Length of Stay; D008489:Medical Indigency; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States