Assessing Health Issues in States with Large Minority Populations.
Health care spending is often addressed in discussions of budgeting and deficits in the United States. It is important to many Americans that funds allocated for health care spending be allocated and spent in the most efficient and effective manner, leading to improved health outcomes, particularly for underserved populations. Many studies address health care spending, but few address the issue of spending as it relates to societal well-being, or certain health outcomes that adversely impact communities. This study seeks to expand the available literature by analyzing data from national sources at the state level.
Master of Public Health Program, University of Missouri, 804 Lewis Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Michelle
M
Long
Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, 121 Middlebush, Columbia, MO 65203, USA.
Charles E
CE
Menifield
University of Mississippi Medical School of Nursing, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. Electronic address: afletcher@umc.edu.
Audwin B
AB
Fletcher
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
Health outcomes; Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Minority population; Obesity; Per capita health care spending; Teenage pregnancy