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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

It has also recently been found that language barriers have contributed to poor health outcomes, making the case for linguistically tailored services and community-health workers who are based in peoples’ neighborhoods. adults, the annual Gallup survey on honesty and ethics in professions perennially proves.

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. The survey was conducted in December 2022 among a group of 1,001 U.S.

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Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Health Populi

The addition of these determinants of health data has enriched the Well-Being Index and better inform our planning and strategies, whether for public policy or commercial health care products and services. Based on the extensive data mash-up across the 10 domains and nearly 500,000 surveys conducted throughout the U.S.,

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Why COVID-19’s Death Toll Will Climb Long After the Pandemic Is Over

Henry Kotula

Released on Friday, the wonks at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) urged officials going into the long holiday weekend to remember amid the celebrations that we still don’t know the final toll of the pandemic, especially when it comes to long-term consequences for behavioral and mental health. Not Medicare.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

Three quarters of GPs surveyed have said they are seeing between one and five people a day suffering with loneliness, which is linked to a range of damaging health impacts, like heart disease, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops. Which virus is it?”

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

Even in large metropolitan areas, many individuals still lack adequate access to basic healthcare services, especially for mental health. In fact, a survey conducted by Pearl found that 71% of patients are more likely to trust their dentist’s diagnosis when their dentist is aided by AI software.