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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Lack of insurance may have figured in nearly 17,000 childhood deaths, study shows
November 9th, 2009
Lack of health insurance might have led or contributed to nearly 17,000 deaths among hospitalized children in the United States in the span of less than two decades, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. According to the Hopkins researchers, the study, to be published Oct. 30 in the Journal of Public Health, is one of the largest ever to look at the impact of insurance on the number of preventable deaths and the potential for saved lives among sick children in the United States. Using more than 23 million hospital records from 37 states between 1988 and 2005, the Hopkins investigators compared the risk of death in children...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-11-09)
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