by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 13, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Despite a record-low infant mortality rate in 2020, a new study finds an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black infants during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. The rate of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, increased by 15 percent in a single... by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 22, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Black and Hispanic veterans’ access to specialty health care declined during the pandemic, according to a recently published study that also found non-Hispanic white veterans were largely unaffected. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical... by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 17, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
When Black patients see Black doctors, they are more likely to get preventative care, according to the National Institutes of Health. Sixty percent of African Americans have cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association, but fewer than 3 percent... by Jordana Choucair | Feb 1, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Payers
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released two new analyses exploring the demographics of the 12.5 million dual eligibles and the spending associated with this population. According to the analyses, 87 percent of dual eligibles had an income of less than $20,000 in 2020,... by Jordana Choucair | Jan 30, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH
CVS Health launched the Community Equity Alliance, an initiative aimed at addressing barriers to care in underserved communities. The initiative will fund three partners – Meharry Medical College, Sinai Chicago, and Wayne State University – for locally tailored... by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine launched a new dashboard that aims to help policymakers examine and eliminate disparities. The tool compiles 36 key measures of health (e.g., deaths from cardiovascular disease and breast...
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