title: 18 months after federal Balanced Budget Act, many hospitals gasping for air.
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005845:Georgia; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States