 Under contracts signed in 1959, care at PGH was carried out by the medical schools of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania, who subcontracted work to Jefferson Medical College, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and Hahnemann Medical School.By the early 1970s, public support including Medicaid allowed private hospitals to expand treatment for the poor.Facing both financial difficulties as well as a stock of aging buildings, the board of PGH closed the hospital entirely in 1977.