Improving the delivery of surgical care at high burden safety-net hospitals

Safety-net hospitals, defined by the Institute of Medicine as hospitals that by mission or mandate provide care to vulnerable patients regardless of ability to pay, disproportionally provide care for low-income, uninsured, underinsured, and racial and ethnic minorities. 1 Institute of Medicine (US)Committee on the changing market, managed care, and the future viability of safety net providers. in: Ein Lewin M. Altman S. America’s Health Care...