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Robert E. Tranquada, MD

JAMA. 1996;276(12):945-946.

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The issues raised in the article by Cornwell and colleagues¹ in this issue of THE JOURNAL are particularly poignant for Los Angeles County, with its 87 cities, population of 9.2 million, and a county budget in excess of those of 42 of the states. A closer look, however, reveals that there are lessons and portents for much of the rest of the United States. The threatened closure of a critical community medical resource in order to meet politically guided budgetary priorities at a time of enormous change in the financing and organization of health care is not a unique phenomenon in the United States today.

There are unique circumstances in Los Angeles County. The population continues to grow as the arithmetic sum of major Euro-American flight, immigration dominated by the Pacific Rim countries, and a substantial birth rate, particularly among newly arrived groups. In 1994 there were 220 000 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Schools of Medicine and Public Administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Correspondence: Robert E. Tranquada, MD, University of Southern California, VKC 368A, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0041.

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