Health Populi
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Some people remark about 2020 being a “lost year” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. life expectancy at birth fell by one full year over the first half of 2020 compared with 2019, to 77.8 years in the first half of 2020, up from 5.1 If you were born black in 2020, you would on average have lost 2.7
Health Populi
JANUARY 20, 2020
By now, most clued-in Americans know the score on the nation’s collective health status compared to other developed countries: suffice it to say, We’re Still Not #1 for health outcomes, albeit we’re the biggest spender on healthcare, per health citizen, in the world. Last year’s U.S. s, birthday. .
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Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
These determinants, such as economic stability through universal services like unemployment benefits, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, or social support systems, like family-friendly policies and child care, remain mostly unavailable. health system continue to exacerbate poor health and disparities. COVID-19 and the U.S.
Health Populi
AUGUST 29, 2022
Health care cost management is always on employers’ minds, in this round of the annual survey an especially acute pain point as the median health care trend increase in 2021 was 8.2% — a height not seen for many years.
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S.
Health Populi
JANUARY 14, 2024
By now, most clued-in Americans know the score on the nation’s collective health status compared to other developed countries — especially striking differences between black people and whites in death rates and complications due to COVID-19. under 50 have poorer health outcomes than our cohorts in other developed countries.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
In May 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) re-visited the acronym, “PPE.” ” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity.
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