title: US healthcare. Emerging doubts.
abstract: Hundreds of US hospitals are being merged or closed. This trend is the focus of public opposition. Many hospitals are making increasing use of care assistants to cut costs.
authors.affiliation: Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buchan
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D017146:Models, Organizational; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States