Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities

Alarming health disparities exist in certain areas of L.A. County, especially for SPA 6 (South L.A.) residents. This community is confronted by the most difficult realities, such as the highest rates of uninsured children, teen births, obesity, high blood pressure and mortality from cancer, stroke, diabetes and coronary heart disease. South L.A. has limited access to health care services as demonstrated by the largest need for additional beds and emergency department treatment stations, worst densities of available specialty physicians, worst ratios of discharges to available bed and worst wait times for emergency room visits.

Publications and Documents

Apr 12 2012
Geoffrey Hoffman and Steven Wallace, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Hidden in Plain Sight: California's Paid Medi-Cal Caregivers are Vulnerable

Apr 04 2012
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps: 2012 Rankings for California

Apr 03 2012
LA Health Action
2011 LA Health Collaborative Executive Summary

Mar 14 2012
The Commonwealth Fund
Rising to the Challenge: Results from a Scorecard on Local Health Performance, 2012

Mar 13 2012
William Fujioka , L.A. County Chief Executive Office (CEO)
Sacramento Update

Mar 02 2012
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH)
Provision of Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Services

Feb 28 2012
Daphna Gans, Christina Kinane, Greg Watson, Dylan Roby, Jack Needleman, Dave Graham-Squire, Gerald Kominski, Ken Jacobs, David Dexter and Ellen Wu, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and UC Berkeley Labor Center
Achieving Equity by Building A Bridge from Eligible to Enrolled

Dec 22 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Ensuring Continuity of Care for Ryan White Beneficiaries

Dec 08 2011
Kathryn Kietzman, Eva Durazo, Jacqueline Torres, Anne Soon Choi and Steven Wallace, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Independence at Risk: Older Californians with Disabilities Struggle to Remain at Home

Dec 05 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz , L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Ensuring Continuity of Care for Ryan White Beneficiaries


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