COVID-19 has sent nearly 900,000 Americans to the hospital in the past two years. A new study shows that the ZIP codes they came from had a lot to do with how sick they were when they got to the hospital, and how much care ...
Feb 22, 2022
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During the first weeks of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in December 2020, Kathryn Freeman Anderson searched far and wide for places to get her parents, who are older than 65, vaccinated. The extensive search prompted the University ...
Feb 15, 2022
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The public's willingness to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations correlates with COVID-19 case projections in zip codes where those surveyed about their intended behaviors live, according ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Public health officials are focusing on the 30% of the eligible population that remains unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of the end of October 2021, and that requires figuring out where those people are and why they are unvaccinated.
Nov 8, 2021
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Two studies improve understanding of how video and telephone telehealth services are used by patients and cancer centers across the country, identifying factors that could lead to more or less use of these services and guide ...
Oct 24, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Lower socioeconomic status and Black race are associated with higher rates of major lower-extremity amputation in patients with peripheral artery disease, even in metropolitan areas, according to a study published ...
Aug 27, 2021
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Older people living in less advantaged neighborhoods become disabled roughly two years earlier than their counterparts in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new Yale study.
Aug 23, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The mean amount of medical debt is greater among individuals who live in the South and in ZIP codes in the lowest income deciles, according to a study published in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the American ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Performance-based financial penalties against outpatient dialysis centers under the End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program (ESRD QIP) do not improve performance scores, according to a study published online May ...
Jun 3, 2021
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Very rural areas in the United States have fewer mental health services for young people, yet that's where the help is needed the most, says a study led by Janessa Graves of the Washington State University College of Nursing, ...
Nov 2, 2020
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