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ORGANIZATION SECTION

Herman L. Kretschmer; L. E. Day; Walter C. Hammond; Emmet Keating; Frederick B. Moorehead; G. Henry Mundt; John S. Nagel; Rollo K. Packard; W. J. Potts
JAMA. 1939;113(2):149-152. doi:10.1001/jama.1939.02800270049014.
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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION STUDY OF MEDICAL CARE 

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL ECONOMICS OF THE CHICAGO MEDICAL SOCIETY 

  1. The Committee's most important and final conclusion is that the supply of medical care in Cook County is sufficient to meet the active demand for all urgent requirements. This statement is substantiated by the following:

    • A spot survey by the Nursing Division of the Chicago Board of Health's visiting nurses during the months of September and November 1938 and January 1939 reached 14,808 persons, of whom only thirteen had some difficulty in obtaining medical care.

    • Our direct study of the experiences of 617 families averaging 3.5 persons each and having an average stated annual income of $680.17 for each family for which figures were obtained (567 families for 1937 and 575 for 1938) showed that more than 93 per cent had stated specifically that they had never failed over a period of several years to obtain any form of medical care which they had tried to secure.

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