In part two of our public hospitals series, Frank Browning reports on the debate at the University of San Francisco General Hospital over what changes may be needed in medical education to meet the challenges public hospitals face from managed care. To reduce cost, they're having to shift away from expensive specialty care in the hospital to preventive general care, delivered in an outpatient setting. That's not what they're accustomed to doing, but it's what most poor people who depend on public hospitals need.
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