A memorial service for Iris MacRae, a trailblazing educator who helped cultivate the local Hispanic community, will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Groff Funeral & Cremation Services, 528
Racial Health Disparities Take Human and Economic Toll - Central Penn Business Journal cpbj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cpbj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Racial Health Disparities Take Human and Economic Toll
Despite incredible scientific and medical advances like penicillin and vaccines that protect us from polio, measles, influenza, and now COVID-19, healthcare disparities continue to disproportionately harm minorities and add billions of dollars to the cost of healthcare.
Conditions like heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes top a long list of medical conditions disproportionately affecting minority populations, according to Hamilton Health Center CEO Jeannine Peterson. The clinic serves thousands, including a large minority population, who might otherwise have little or no access to healthcare.
These disparities come at a steep price.
Health disparities added nearly $230 billion in direct medical costs, and about $1 trillion in productivity losses, costs associated with early death, and other indirect costs, to the nation’s healthcare bill from 2003-2006, according to a study by
Racial Health Disparities Take Human and Economic Toll
Despite incredible scientific and medical advances like penicillin and vaccines that protect us from polio, measles, influenza, and now COVID-19, healthcare disparities continue to disproportionately harm minorities and add billions of dollars to the cost of healthcare.
Conditions like heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes top a long list of medical conditions disproportionately affecting minority populations, according to Hamilton Health Center CEO Jeannine Peterson. The clinic serves thousands, including a large minority population, who might otherwise have little or no access to healthcare.
These disparities come at a steep price.
Health disparities added nearly $230 billion in direct medical costs, and about $1 trillion in productivity losses, costs associated with early death, and other indirect costs, to the nation’s healthcare bill from 2003-2006, according to a study by
Clinic at Spanish American Civic Association in downtown Lancaster focuses on vaccinating Spanish American community
Coordinators say that translation issues and location have been barriers to access for people in the community to get their vaccines elsewhere. Author: FOX43 Newsroom Updated: 12:07 AM EDT April 16, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. Capital BlueCross and Rite Aid are partnering up in the latest series of ongoing vaccination clinics.
The clinic located at the Spanish American Civic Association in downtown Lancaster began Thursday and will run through Saturday, April 17 directed to the Spanish American community.
Capital BlueCross said they are committed to targeting many of its clinics to vaccine-hesitant, underserved communities.