New Study: Preventable Poor Health Conditions for People of Color During COVID-19 Create Growing Medical and Economic Burden for Texas
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 13 (TNSRep) -- The Episcopal Health Foundation issued the following news release:
Significant pre-existing health differences for Black and Hispanic residents in Texas are leading to higher COVID-19 death rates, plus billions of dollars of increased health care spending and lost work productivity. Those are some of the findings of an updated 2020 study led by researchers at Altarum examining the economic burden associated with health disparities across the state . . .
Significant pre-existing health differences for Black and Hispanic residents in Texas are leading to higher COVID-19 death rates, plus billions of dollars of increased health care spending and lost work productivity. Those are some of the findings of an updated 2020 study led by researchers at Altarum examining the economic burden associated with health disparities across the state . . .