In United States according to a report from the researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore an estimated 17,000 children have died over two decades because they didn’t have the health insurance
Researchers said that the kids who did not have the health insurance were 60% more likely to die in the hospital in compared to the kids who had the insurance. After the adjustment such as of differences as gender and race, still the uninsured kids were 37.8% more likely to die than the kids with the insurance coverage.
David C. Chang, co-director of pediatric surgery outcomes research group at Hopkins and a study co-author, said that he could not think of a medical treatment that has such a dramatic impact on the health outcomes the health insurance seemingly does.
"This is actually something we as a society can choose to do something about," he said. "It is literally with stroke of somebody's pen, this could be changed."
The article was published on 30th October in Journal of Public Health.
President of First Focus, Bruce Lesley, a bipartisan child and family advocacy group, noted data from the U. S Institute of Medicine have shown that uninsured people have a higher mortality rate.
Among the first acts after taking the office in January, President Barrack Obama had signed the legislation reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Lesley said, “CHIP has really worked and been very important and insures about 7 million kids in the country." Still he said that the roughly that 6.5 million children who are eligible for the CHIP or Medicaid remained uninsured.
Although, the study does not prove that not having health insurance boosts a child’s mortality risk, but it suggests a strong association between the insurance status and the odds of dying.
"I think the message is insurance is a choice we can make as a society, and this is something that we should consider," said by Chang.
Researchers said that the kids who did not have the health insurance were 60% more likely to die in the hospital in compared to the kids who had the insurance. After the adjustment such as of differences as gender and race, still the uninsured kids were 37.8% more likely to die than the kids with the insurance coverage.
David C. Chang, co-director of pediatric surgery outcomes research group at Hopkins and a study co-author, said that he could not think of a medical treatment that has such a dramatic impact on the health outcomes the health insurance seemingly does.
"This is actually something we as a society can choose to do something about," he said. "It is literally with stroke of somebody's pen, this could be changed."
The article was published on 30th October in Journal of Public Health.
President of First Focus, Bruce Lesley, a bipartisan child and family advocacy group, noted data from the U. S Institute of Medicine have shown that uninsured people have a higher mortality rate.
Among the first acts after taking the office in January, President Barrack Obama had signed the legislation reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Lesley said, “CHIP has really worked and been very important and insures about 7 million kids in the country." Still he said that the roughly that 6.5 million children who are eligible for the CHIP or Medicaid remained uninsured.
Although, the study does not prove that not having health insurance boosts a child’s mortality risk, but it suggests a strong association between the insurance status and the odds of dying.
"I think the message is insurance is a choice we can make as a society, and this is something that we should consider," said by Chang.
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