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Unmet Needs<br />

HEALTH SERVICES<br />

<strong>Budget</strong> Summaries<br />

The Department’s chronic funding challenges have resulted in directing funding to cover the increased demand of patient care and<br />

delaying investments in areas such as training, medical equipment purchases and facility maintenance. The Department has<br />

identified $137.6 million in unmet needs as follows: $60.5 million for nurse staffing, primarily to comply with additional nurse<br />

staffing ratio requirements; $19.7 million for various information technology needs; $7.8 million for additional staffing to meet<br />

clinical program needs for the LAC+USC Healthcare Network (LAC+USC HCN); $5.3 million for Outpatient Surgery for the LAC+USC<br />

HCN; $5.2 million for additional staffing for Juvenile Court Health Services; and numerous, various other unmet needs across DHS,<br />

which are primarily patient care related, totaling $39.1 million.<br />

FY 2011-12 <strong>Recommended</strong> <strong>Budget</strong> <strong>Volume</strong> <strong>One</strong> 27.7 County of Los Angeles

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