title: The hospital emergency department: an anchor for the community's healthcare safety net.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Rural Health Center, North Carolina Hospital Association, USA. jspade@ncha.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Spade
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D009657:North Carolina; D011203:Poverty; D035862:Vulnerable Populations