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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 Nov 15 2010 Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Public Health (DPH) Quarterly Update: Project RENEW and Project TRUST Nov 15 2010 Lucien Wulsin, Insure the Unisured Project (ITUP) County Health and Federal Reform: What's Next? Nov 01 2010 Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Public Health (DPH) Advance Copy: LA Health Report, "Trends in Diabetes: A Reversible Public Health Crisis" Nov 01 2010 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (L.A. County DPH), Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology Trends in Diabetes: A Reversible Public Health Crisis Aug 30 2010 Allison Diamant, Susan Babey, Joelle Wolstein and Malia Jones, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Obesity and Diabetes: Two Growing Epidemics in California Aug 15 2010 Jennifer Joynt, California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) Quality of Care Facts and Figures Jul 15 2010 Claire Kim, Lisa Smith, Matthew Redelings, Aida Angelescu, Heena Hameed, Alex Ho, David Kwan, Loren Lieb and Louise Rollin-Alamillo, L.A. County Dpartment of Public Health (DPH), Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology Life Expectancy In Los Angeles County: How Long Do We Live and Why? Jun 21 2010 Douglas Elmendorf, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Letter from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Jun 10 2010 Omar Hasan, E. John Orav and LeRoi Hicks, Journal of Hospital Medicine Insurance Status and Hospital Care for Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Pneumonia May 12 2010 White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation Page 3 of 22 pages « First < 1 2 3 4 5 > Last »	Search the Library Advanced Search RSS Subscribe to Chronic Conditions

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