Persistent effects of historical redlining on present day hospital siting and size
We show that hospital locations are not evenly distributed throughout the US with regard to 1930s HOLC categories. The expansion of hospital capacity in the post-World War II period may have taken advantage of exploitative policies. Hospitals have the ability and opportunity to correct past injustices and improve health equity today by increasing investments in community benefits.
Authors
- Rozalina Grubina McCoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2289-3183)
- Alexandria Ratzki‐Leewing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9474-7900)
- Sherita Hill Golden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8854-4026)
- Chixiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-2833)
- Shuo Jim Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4474-463X)
- Kaitlynn Robinson-Ector
- Neil Jay Sehgal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-1115)
- Bradley A. Maron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6784-764X)
- Marissa L Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-1968)
- Esa M. Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6658-1528)
- Darius J. Roy
- Olohitare Abaku
- Oluwadamilola Akintoye
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Western University (CA)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Center for Information Technology (US)
- Department of Health (TW)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health & Place
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103538
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00