title: The historic role and questionable future of public hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
authors.forename: R Phillip
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States