title: The transformation of academic health in the United States.
abstract: Like all health care institutions, the nation's academic health centers are facing the need for fundamental change in structure and opportunity. This article examines the trends in five major areas: research, higher education, specialization, finance, and organization. The impact of these trends on the academic health centers is explored.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco 94109, USA. eoneil@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Neil
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States