title: Motor city blues.
abstract: With its safety net hospital in peril, Detroit had a choice: fundamentally reform its public health system or watch it collapse. Cities nationwide face a similar dilemma.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D008824:Michigan; D020415:Personnel Downsizing; D011635:Public Health Administration; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States