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The Social Life of Health Information

A new Pew Internet/CHCF national survey finds the Internet has joined doctors and family members as one of the top three ways people search for answer to their health care questions.

Mapping Physician Supply in California

This report presents the first comprehensive study of the Medical Board of California survey data on practicing physicians in the state. It finds fewer M.D.s than previously estimated and a wide variation in supply among counties.

Restructuring Options for Community Clinics

Concerned about their long-term survival, some California community clinics are considering partnerships or mergers. This issue brief offers a roadmap for restructuring.

Insurance and Uninsured

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

New Patient Dumping Cases Investigated in Los Angeles

On Monday, representatives for Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said that they are investigating an Orange County hospital in a "very serious case" of alleged homeless patient dumping last week. The city attorney's office would not release the hospital's name, but a source at the shelter involved said College Hospital in Costa Mesa dropped off the schizophrenic, bipolar man.

  • "Prosecutors Investigating Cross-County Patient Dumping" (George, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 5/6).



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