News tagged with insurance status
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Large-scale early education linked to higher living standards and crime prevention 25 years later
High-quality early education has a strong, positive impact well into adulthood, according to research led by Arthur Reynolds, co-director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative and professor of child development, and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Health reform fails the disadvantaged
A new study looking at the effects of the 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform on access to care, health status and ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in healthcare, shows that the legislation has led to improvements in insurance ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Young minority women screened at higher rate for chlamydia than young white women
A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute has found that Black and especially Hispanic young women are screened for chlamydia at a significantly higher rate than young white ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Disparities in heart attack treatment may begin in the emergency room
The well-documented disparities in cardiac care may begin almost as soon as patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms. In a study published in Academic Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report ...
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Canada, US immigrants have less health care access than natives: study
In spite of Canada’s universal medical coverage, immigrants to that country have less access to health care than native-born Canadians for certain procedures, a new study finds. In fact, immigrants have about the same access ...
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Race, insurance status cited in uneven death rates among pedestrians hit by cars
Uninsured minority pedestrians hit by cars are at a significantly higher risk of death than their insured white counterparts, even if the injuries sustained are similar, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Uninsured Americans have 50 percent higher odds of dying in hospital from heart attack or stroke
An analysis of over 150,000 hospital discharges has revealed that there are significant insurance related differences in hospital mortality, length of stay, and costs among working-age Americans (age 18-64 years) hospitalized ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Education matters: Study of women's health insurance links education to coverage
Attention college grads: Your degree may be the key to both a career and better health coverage. According to a new study of women's health insurance from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, women without a high school ...
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Uninsured more likely to die from trauma than patients with insurance, study finds
Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to findings of an analysis ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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ATS systematic review: Critical care outcomes tied to insurance status
Among the general U.S. population, people who are uninsured are about half as likely to receive critical care services as those with insurance, according to systematic review of the literature by the American Thoracic Society's ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Panel calls for reducing colorectal cancer deaths by striking down barriers to screening
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Despite evidence and guidelines supporting the value of screening for this disease, rates of screening for colorectal cancer are ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance: survey
Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Unmet expectations and smoking prove key factors in quitting bladder medication
Nine out of ten patients who discontinued their overactive bladder (OAB) medication said it was because it didn't work as expected or they couldn't tolerate it, according to research in the May issue of the urology journal ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 13, 2010 |
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Health insurance status associated with frequency of eye care visits
Individuals with no or inconsistent health care coverage appear less likely to regularly seek eye care, even if they are visually impaired, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the ...
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Mar 09, 2009 |
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