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  Sunday, 01 December 2002
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I did a rotation at Harbor-UCLA over the summer, and this issue was being talked about a lot. Most of the residents that I spoke with told me that this threat of closure occurs every 4-5 years around Harbor, and they have always been bailed out by city, state, or federal gov't funds. When I spoke to one resident he told me that if property taxes were raised by only $42 a year for the residents of the area, the hospital would be bailed out. He felt like this was not a big increase for the people and thus thought that the issue would be taken care of.
In general the residents all seemed pretty confident that there was no real threat to their program. They felt assured that because it is the main Level I Trauma center serving that specific part of LA, that it was too valuable to the community to lose. I did not, however, get a real solid answer as to what would happen if it did close.
So, this was what I was told in August. I don't know how much the situtation has changed (if any) over the last couple of months. I will see if I can find any other more updated info, and please post any other info that anyone else has as I also liked this program and am definitely interested in figuring out it's status.
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23 years ago
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Level 1 Trauma Center too valuable to lose?
In this era of $$$$$$$$$$$, I have become a disbeliever in ANYTHING, especially a trauma center, being too valuable to close.
As most know, trauma doesn't make money for hospitals (usually), especially in urban areas.
Why?
Those involved in MVCs, GSWs, Stabbings, beatings etc. typically have NO INSURANCE, and even with MVC's my understanding is that auto insurance pays little to nothing for medical costs.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Washington DC, the Nations own Capital, closed down it's only County-type hospital (DC GENERAL).
Rumors have it that this was because it sat on valuable waterfront property AND was not a big money maker.
Hopefully UCLA-Harbor sits on unwanted land... :roll smile:
23 years ago
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Just to clarify...
When I said valuable, I was meaning valuable to the community, not as a money-maker for the hospital. It is in a busy area in terms of freeways and they get tons of MVAs that would have to travel quite a distance to a trauma center if Harbor was not there.
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