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District of Columbia: Information on Health Care Costs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 22, 1996
Report No. AIMD-96-42
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Summary:

Recent studies on the District of Columbia's health care system have concluded that the city's health care problems are aggravated by such social factors as high rates of poverty, crime, substance abuse, and unemployment. These factors account for the sizable numbers of persons who do not seek preventive health care and cannot pay for medical treatment, the inappropriate use of D.C. General Hospital for primary care, and the many trauma care patients at area hospitals. To help Congress evaluate various restructuring proposals being considered for the District, this report discusses the District's health care budget and the composition of the District's health care system, including the number of Medicaid recipients and uninsured and the distribution of hospitals and clinics.

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