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Health Insurance and Coverage Programs Health Care Delivery Systems Health Care Financing Health Status and Issues Death Rates Maternal and Child Health Communicable Diseases Chronic Conditions Health Behaviors Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities Governance	Chronic Conditions Chronic diseases present numerous difficulties and challenges to individuals and health care systems. Death rates from these conditions often do not reveal their influence on disease burden. People are living longer with chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which results in an increased need for medical care and disease management programs. Significant health disparities exist within L.A. County. SPAs that fare far worse on several key chronic disease indicators include SPA 4 (Metro), SPA 6 (South L.A.) and SPA 7 (East L.A.). Publications and Documents Sep 02 2004 Valley Care Community Consortium Assessing the Community's Needs: Triennial Report on the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys 2004 Aug 01 2004 L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS), Public Health LA Health Brief: Diabetes Jun 01 2004 Delight Satter, Trang Le, Melissa Gatchell, Brenda Seals, Linda Burhansstipanov and Leslie Randall, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Fact Sheet May 03 2004 Dennis Deapen and Miles Cockburn (Editors), USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, L.A. Cancer Surveillance Program Cancer in Los Angeles County: Trends by Race/Ethnicity 1976-2000 Mar 15 2004 Children's Planning Council Los Angeles County 2004 Children's ScoreCard Feb 01 2004 California Center for Public Health Advocacy Diabetes Deaths in California Legislative Districts Feb 01 2004 California Center for Public Health Advocacy An Early Warning Sign: Diabetes Deaths in California Legislative Districts Jan 06 2004 Gunther Freehill, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS), Public Health, Office of AIDS Programs and Policy Estimating Need: Geography and Planning Services Dec 01 2003 Ninez A. Ponce, Susan H. Babey, David A. Etzioni, Benjamin A. Spencer, E. Richard Brown, and Neetu Chawla, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Cancer Screening in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey Dec 01 2003 Delight Satter, Andrea Zubiate, and Melissa Gatchell, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research National Native American AIDS Prevention Center Needs Assessment... Page 20 of 22 pages « First < 18 19 20 21 22 >	Search the Library Advanced Search RSS Subscribe to Chronic Conditions

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