Patient Engagement March 26, 2020
The study found that the social determinants of health, not just the cost of treatment and subsequent access, had an impact on health outcomes.
Patients of lower socioeconomic status experienced worse asthma-related health outcomes than their wealthier peers, regardless of free access to asthma care and medications, underscoring the weight the social determinants of health can have on outcomes, according to researchers from the World Trade Center Health Registry.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, specifically looked at first responders who are a part of the World Trade Center Health Program, which covers medical expenses for asthma related to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The analysis sought to determine whether cutting patient healthcare costs could help...
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