Our capacity analysis supports the approach in the department’s (L.A. County DHS) contingency plan for the closure of King-Harbor Hospital with two critical caveats: (a) We cannot –and we would argue that no one can– accurately predict or reasonably estimate where walk-in patients presenting with both urgent and emergency medical care needs will go; and (b) Unlike county hospitals, private sector hospitals are prohibited by law from employing physicians. So, we are unable to predict how doctors in private practice who also serve on the attending staffs of private hospitals will react to having to provide medical care to a larger number of uninsured and Medi-Cal patients from the King-Harbor service area.