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On the recordNovember 10, 1999
The teaching hospitals are the 'safety net' hospitals that care for the nation's low-income and uninsured patients when they are sick and have nowhere else to turn.
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Carolyn B. Maloney
New York

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Importance of teaching hospitals as safety net providers.

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