Health costs.Health Costs: The total economic output of hospitals and related services in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and five surrounding counties is $85.5 billion, or 12 percent of the region's $708 billion economy, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. More than half of the hospitals in the six-county region lost money on patient care, according to the study, "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Economic Contribution of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Hospitals and Related Services." The report covering the counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion