Tag: Economic Status
Smoking Tied to Lower Earnings, Labor Market Participation
Associations even stronger among those with lower educational attainment
Psychological Distress in Teen Years Tied to Later Economic Outcomes
Hypothetical policy to increase mental health preventive care could yield billions of budgetary benefits from increased labor force participation
Polypill Treatment Offers High Value in Low-Income, Underserved Population
Polypill treatment estimated at $8,560 per QALY gained compared with usual care and had high value in 99 percent of simulations
Layperson-Delivered Empathetic Intervention Ups Glycemic Control
Telephone-based intervention improves glycemic control in patients with diabetes and low income
Socioeconomic Factors May Not Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Significant associations only observed for patients seen in an academic clinical setting, but not at a safety net hospital
Risk for Mortality Up With Low Income in Type 2 Diabetes
More prominent increase in mortality risk seen for younger adults aged 20 to 39 years
Cancer Disparities Evident Across Human Development Index, Projected to Widen
Cancer cases and deaths projected to nearly triple in low-HDI countries by 2050 compared with moderate increase in very high-HDI countries
2021 USPSTF Recommendation Boosted Colorectal Cancer Screening
Potential disparities in uptake seen by socioeconomic status and locality among privately insured adults
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
