Ownership of land in the Western sense involves the establishment of boundaries that simultaneously contain, restrict and grant rights within a given space. Discourse on Indigenous concepts of ownership often point to the state of ‘belonging’, a deep connection with a given territory rather than a distinctly marked space that one occupies. In coastal Indigenous cultures territory will often ext...

BACKGROUND The ownership, location, and teaching status of hospitals affect their missions, policies, finances, and operations. OBJECTIVE This study assesses the relationship of hospital ownership, location, and teaching status with charges and length of stay for children with asthma, the most common reason for pediatric admission after birth. METHODS All 28 545 complete records of patients...

Abstract We examined the 500 largest community water systems in US to explore whether ownership is related annual bills, and percent of income that low-income households spend on water. Regression results show that, among systems, private higher prices less affordability for families. In states with regulations favorable providers, utilities charge even prices. Affordability issues are more sev...