| | |  Editorials | Issues | October 2009 
Lack of Health Care Led to 17,000 US Child Deaths
 Agence France-Presse
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October 30, 2009
| | A new study says that 17,000 US children have died over the past two decades as a result of lacking adequate health insurance. (delayed gratification/flickr) | |
Washington - Lack of adequate health care may have contributed to the deaths of some 17,000 US children over the past two decades, according to a study released by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
The research, to be published Friday in the Journal of Public Health, was compiled from more than 23 million hospital records from 37 states between 1988 and 2005.
The study concluded that children without health insurance are far more likely to succumb to their illnesses than those with medical coverage.
To read more about this alarming study that has come to light as the US is embroiled in a debate over the future of health care access, click here. |
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