The development of a community-based integrated health care system for the San Francisco Chinese community

In 1872, the new City and County Hospital was opened; it contained all of the medical technologies of the time and, like most new hospitals at the time, was designed in a manner that promoted hygiene and circulation of clean air.7 However, due to its continued exclusionary practices, the Chinese com...

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Published inChinese America, history and perspectives pp. 71 - 74
Main Authors Chow, Edward A, Lau, Bernard, Leung, L. Eric, Loos, Richard, Yee, Brenda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Chinese Historical Society 01.01.2007
Chinese Historical Society of America
Subjects
Asian Americans
Chinese Americans
Chinese medicine
Community health care
Emigration and immigration
Health aspects
Hospitals
Immigration
Linguistics
Medicaid
Medicine
Nonprofit hospitals
Nonprofit organizations
Social aspects
Taxation
Taxes
California
San Francisco California
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Summary:In 1872, the new City and County Hospital was opened; it contained all of the medical technologies of the time and, like most new hospitals at the time, was designed in a manner that promoted hygiene and circulation of clean air.7 However, due to its continued exclusionary practices, the Chinese community was deprived of the advances in clinical sciences that the new hospital offered. during this period, different religious and ethnic groups in the City established hospitals to serve their communities. Recognizing the importance of educating the community on the benefits of Western medicine in a culturally sensitive manner, Chinese Hospital, CCHCA, and CCHP created Chinese Community Health resource Center (CCHrC), a nationally recognized, bilingual educational and research organization based at Chinese Hospital.15 The Chinese community in San Francisco from the earliest days recognized the need to have health care available to its population and sought access to care in spite of discrimination, historic exclusionary practices, and more recently due to the constraints of managed care.
ISSN:1051-7642