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Community-Oriented Primary Care in Action: A Dallas Story

Sue Pickens, MEd, Paul Boumbulian, DPA, MPH, Ron J. Anderson, MD, Samuel Ross, MD and Sharon Phillips, RN

Sue Pickens, Samuel Ross, Sharon Phillips, and Ron J. Anderson are with the Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas. Paul Boumbulian is with the Dallas Regional Program, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas.



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  		FIGURE 1— —Parkland community-oriented primary care health centers and clinics.

Note: Not shown are: 1 senior center, 11 churches, 22 homeless shelters, mobile mammography, and outreach programs.

 


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  		FIGURE 2— —Neonatal mortality in minority populations.

Source. Parkland Health & Hospital System data, 1996; Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1996; US Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1994, 1995.

Note. As can be seen, outcomes for Parkland were better than those for Texas and the United States overall.

 




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