title: A dangerous domino?
abstract: As Los Angeles County--USC Medical Center hovered on the brink of closure this summer, one of the nation's largest hospitals was far from alone in its woes. In fact, a number of public hospitals--and the communities they serve--are in trouble in an era of tightened managed care payments, Medicaid budget woes and swelling uninsured populations.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006766:Hospitals, County / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D015141:Los Angeles; D008484:Medicaid / Q000639:trends; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011203:Poverty; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States