Medical Care in the Urban Center
Authors: JOYCE C. LASHOF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1968)

Editorials1 January 1968Medical Care in the Urban CenterJOYCE C. LASHOF, M.D.JOYCE C. LASHOF, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-68-1-242 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe private practice of medicine in our inner cities has been declining steadily in recent years. Physicians in increasing numbers have left the inner city for the suburbs, and the community areas served by the urban hospitals have changed. A study of four community areas in Chicago showed a decline of 40 to 60% in the number of physicians practicing in these areas in 1966 as compared with 1953. One of these communities of 26,300 persons had only 4 doctors practicing in its area in 1965 (1). The number of physicians in the Chicago area as a whole has increased...References1. REES PH: Numbers and movement of physicians in southeast Chicago 1953-1965. Working Paper no. 1. 13. Chicago Regional Hospital Study, July 1967. Google Scholar2. REES PH: The movement and distribution of physicians. Working Paper no. 1. 12. Chicago Regional Hospital Study, June 1967. Google Scholar3. Preliminary report on patterns of medical and health care in poverty areas of Chicago and proposed health programs for the medically indigent. Chicago Board of Health Medical Care Report, 1966, p. 16. Google Scholar4. : Hospital discharge study 1965. IBM print-out sheets. Google Scholar5. Preliminary report on patterns of medical and health care in poverty areas of Chicago and proposed health programs for the medically indigent. Chicago Board of Health Medical Care Report, 1966, pp. 19-22. Google Scholar6. Blue Cross Reports. Hosp. Cost Trends 5: May-June, 1967. Google Scholar7. SOMERS AR: An American city and its health problems: a case study in comprehensive health planning. Med. Care 5: 129, 1967. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. JAMES G: Poverty and public health—new outlooks. I. Poverty as an obstacle to health progress in our cities. Amer. J. Public Health 55: 1757, 1965. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Preliminary report of medical and health care in poverty areas of Chicago and proposed health programs for medically indigent. Chicago Board of Health Medical Care Report, 1966, p. 41. Google Scholar10. YERBY AS: The disadvantaged and health care. Amer. J. Public Health 56: 5, 1966. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BURNS EM: Social policy and the health services: the choices ahead. Amer. J. Public Health 57: 199, 1967. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Proceedings of the White House Conference on Health, Nov. 3 and 4, 1965, Washington, D. C., p. 7. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Section of Community Medicine Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital San Francisco, California PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByRaising the level of child health in a rural community: a model.Medical Care for Underprivileged PopulationsCity-Smoke and Medical ChaosJ. R. E.Tuberculosis: An Urban ProblemWILLIAM LESTER, M.D. 1 January 1968Volume 68, Issue 1Page: 242-245 Issue Published: 1 January 1968 PDF DownloadLoading ...