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Lack of Health Insurance Increaes Risk of Stroke
The uninsured generally don't have routine physical exams, As a result, high blood pressure can go undetected leading to higher rates stroke and death. Sound logical? Yes. And now there's data to back it up.
The Journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine published a study (April 2007 issue) that found people with no health insurance are less likely to be aware of having high blood pressure and if they were disgnosed they were less likely to be well controlled than people with health insurance.
The study found that people who lack of health insurance don't use primary care resources, The health disparity between the haves and the have nots seems likely to dontinue to grow.
Posted by Phil Daigle on April 8, 2007 8:40 PM
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