RT Journal
T1 ORganization section
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD January 14
VO 112
IS 2
SP 149
OP 156
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800020055017
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800020055017
AB AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION STUDY OF MEDICAL CAREHarris County, Texas 
    The Harris County Medical Society of Texas returned a very complete summary of its study of the need and supply of medical care in its county. Harris County has a population of 425,000, of which the Houston District contains the greatest proportion, about 340,000. The thoroughness with which the county medical society carried out this study is verified by the number of returns they obtained, as indicated in table 1.It is significant to note that the welfare and relief agencies, the health departments, the nurses' organization, the hospitals, the schools and the other organizations which arrange for or provide medical care are practically 100 per cent represented, while the percentage of physicians, dentists and pharmacists who returned reports is considerably less.Table 2 is a summary of the figures reported by the ten hospitals.During 1937 the hospitals cared