The Health Care Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
Medicare Advantage (Advantage), originally conceived in 1997 during the Clinton Administration as ‘Medicare + Choice’, has progressively grown and become an established health insurance option for those 65 and older. million, while trade associations representing the health insurance industry spent an equivalent amount.
International Journal of Epidemiology Blog
MAY 11, 2021
Why is lifestyle behaviour important to health? However, neighbourhood socioeconomic status is equally important for health and wellbeing. How is socioeconomic disadvantage related to lifestyle behaviour? Socioeconomic disadvantage usually exists at two ecological levels: individual and neighbourhood.
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International Journal of Epidemiology Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The World Health Organization’s latest global air quality guidelines point out that indoor air pollution causes a health burden that mostly affects people in low- and middle-income countries. In our research recently published in the IJE , we advance this theory by correlating solid fuel use with socioeconomic status and diseases.
BU School of Public Health Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
birth Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one’s risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth. and Rose B.
Black Health Matters
JULY 15, 2024
Racism is not just dangerous for your mental and emotional health; it can age your brain. A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that “repeated exposure to racial discrimination has been associated with a greater incidence of brain health disorders.”
The Health Care Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2024
markets, overseeing large physician networks and other health systems, including so-called Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that oversee the care of tens of thousands of attributed patients. Since 2021, screening ages have been lowered; colon cancer screening now starts at 45 and breast cancer at 40 for average-risk individuals.
Environmental Health News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
There's so much documented evidence at this point that electric vehicle tax credits, residential solar tax credits, tend to benefit wealthier households, which are from like a higher income status or a higher socioeconomic status in the US, and I'm talking about specifically here. How does it matter? So what's going on there?
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