The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is a private, not-for-profit foundation devot
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The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is a private, not-for-profit foundation devoted to healthcare and health policy issues. One section of its website is called the United States Global Health Policy section. this section collects and presents health data from numerous sources in a user-friendly format.
Go to the State Data section of the KFF United States Global Health Policy website and find the following population health and financial indicators for our great state of Texas: infant mortality rate, male and female life expectancy, obesity and smoking prevalence, health care expenditures per capita, and health insurance coverage. Poke around at the other data available on this website, look up topics that relate to what you do or hope to do after graduation. Then review the numbers for Texas and compare the data to Massachusetts.
In your response to this post, please explain what you found. What stood out to you? Where did Texas and where did Massachusetts succeed? Why do you think Texas did better where it did and vice versa? Do these findings support what you see in your own community? How do these findings make you feel about the health care delivered in Texas?
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Population health and financial indicators for the state of Texas:
Infant mortality rate – 5.8
Male and female life expectancy- Male: 76.0, 80.8
Obesity prevalence -59.7%
Smoking prevalence- 15.2%
Health care expenditures per capita-$6998
Health insurance coverage- Insured: Insured: 85%, Uninsured: 15%
Population health and financial indicators for the state of Massachusetts:
Infant mortality rate – 4.2
Male and female life expectancy- Male: 78.1, Female: 82.7
Obesity prevalence -68.7%
Smoking prevalence-14%
Health care expenditures per capita-$10,559
Health insurance coverage- Insured: 96%, Uninsured: 6%
When we compare the data it is clear that Texas need lot of improvement and reforms in health care sector.
It is clear that people in Massachusetts have better health care management.
Texas and Massachusetts succeeded in providing better health insurance coverage.
Texas did better in Health care expenditures per capita.
Massachusetts did better in reducing Infant mortality rate and also in reducing smoking and Obesity prevalence.
These findings definitely support what we see in our own community.
These findings give me a feel that Texas need to improve in providing Health insurance coverage.
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