According to this article at the California Healthcare Foundation website:
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“New regional reports highlight variation in health care affordability, access, and quality
California’s sprawling size and the diversity of its regional health care systems result in care that is organized, delivered, and financed differently throughout the state.
As part of its continuing effort to explore this variation, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) today published six regional market reports, providing a first-time, in-depth analysis of six distinct California health care economies. The goal is to better understand the market dynamics for each region studied (the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, Riverside/San Bernardino, and San Diego). Topics include the supply and organization of hospitals, physicians, and other providers; and the accessibility of services for low-income residents — of particular importance during the economic downturn…”
The report goes on: (more…)