Tag: Economic Status
Female Residents Underrepresented in High-Compensation Specialties
High-compensation surgical specialties experienced increase in the proportion of female applicants and matriculants from 2008 to 2022
County-Level Factors Associated With Risk for Suicide
U.S. counties with higher levels of health insurance, broadband coverage have lower suicide rates
Half of Cancer Survivors Face Cancer-Related Financial Hardship
Higher hardship seen with younger age, Medicare beneficiaries, social vulnerability and advanced disease
Pharmacy Deserts Also Face Social Vulnerability, Lack of Health Care Providers
Nearly half of U.S. counties have at least one community with a pharmacy desert
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Linked to Premature Mortality
Associations seen for SES score in middle adulthood, score in young adulthood among women, and score in childhood among Whites
City-Level Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tied to Lower Youth BMI
Findings seen for youths living in four California cities versus controls in 40 cities with similar demographics
Study Looks at Impact of Incentivizing Smoking Cessation in Addition to Usual Care
Incentivizing smoking cessation increases cessation through 12 weeks, but not at 26 weeks, when missing data are treated as smoking
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diseases Set to Increase
Annual inflation-adjusted health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors projected to triple between 2020 and 2050
Gains in Heart Health Only Experienced by Higher-Income Populations
10-year risk for cardiovascular disease remained stagnant at >8 percent for U.S. adults with the lowest incomes in 1988 to 2018
Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Socioeconomic Difficulties
Less likely to complete higher levels of education and have lower rates of marriage and parenthood