title: Urban public hospitals: evolution, challenges, and opportunities in an era of health reform.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Beasley
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005380:Financing, Government; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011057:Politics; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States