1 Novel Healthcare Model, Continuation of Inequality: Exploring the Role of Micro Hospitals in Texas Healthcare Access Through Demographic Spatial Modeling Jingqiu Ren Department of Sociology Texas A&M University jren@tamu.edu Ryan Earl Department of Geography Texas A&M University re022598@tamu.edu Ernesto F. L. Amaral Department of Sociology Texas A&M University amaral@tamu.edu Citation: Ren, J., Earl, R. and Amaral, E.F.L. (2022), "Novel Healthcare Model, Continuation of Inequality: Exploring the Role of Micro Hospitals in Texas Health-Care Access through Demographic Spatial Modeling", Kronenfeld, J.J. (Ed.) Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 39) , Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 123–147. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-495920220000039010 *Please direct correspondence to Jingqiu Ren