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?
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?