title: Emergency medicine and the academic health center.
abstract: The last 3 to 5 years have witnessed a tremendous change in direction for the academic health center. The major trends in this regard are increased importance of managed care, cost consciousness, development of a clinical system, pressure to downsize graduate medical education, and increased competition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: McCabe
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000639:trends; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States