Health Sciences 3400A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Long-Term Care, Infant Mortality
17 Dec 2016
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Health care in new orleans before and after hurricane katrina. New orleans has a largely poor and african american population: nation"s highest un-insurance rates. The hurricane: caused one million people to be evacuated, destroyed the city"s infrastructure. Charity hospital: closed down after the hurricane, was the primary provider for the large poor population. As it was free: run by lsu. 23% of people were living in poverty. Louisiana had some of the poorest health statistics in the country: high rates of infant mortality, chronic diseases, aids. Black people were more likely to suffer than white people from health problems. 1/5 people had no health insurance: low employer insurance rates as well. Insured population had access to a range of community hospitals and physicians: poor and uninsured were mostly cared for through the state run safety net system of public hospitals. There are only two federally qualified health centres in new orleans. Post katrina: 1500 people died, main population affected was.
