Indigent care limitation in university-owned hospitals.

In recent years the ability of teaching hospitals to finance the expenses associated with the provision of medical care to the indigent has come increasingly into question. Such concerns develop because of the burden cost shifting places on other patients and the potentially adverse market position resulting for the hospital. The University of Nebraska's experience in care for the indigent has been an economic success. The social, political, educational and ethical aspects of policies in this area, however, have not yet permitted definitive assessment.