title: Urban health care.
abstract: Public hospitals are straining under the burden of having to care for many of the poorest and sickest people in America. The health care problems of the nation's most disadvantaged include infectious diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis, as well as problems related to violence and lack of access to primary care. Urban hospitals are struggling to address the needs of the indigent, and to find alternatives for those who often rely on emergency rooms for routine care.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shoor
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012940:Social Problems; D017664:Uncompensated Care; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology