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How COVID-19 Is Driving More Deaths of Despair

Health Populi

due to suicide, accidents and drug overdoses first observed by Case and Deaton in a seminal 2015 paper, “Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century.” Integrate mental health with health care. Deaths of despair are the rising mortality rates in the U.S.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

Ironically, more social spending by the public sector could help address health outcomes for people, something for which we’ve had evidence for many years. This Health Affairs research published in 2015 made it clear that State spending on social health services builds citizens’ health beyond medical services.