Safety-net hospitals at the crossroads whither medicaid DSH?

The Health Care "Safety Net" in a Post-Reform World

Volumn 9780813553177, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-182

  Gusmano, Michael K ^a   Thompson, Frank J ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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