Nevada: In Focus: Primary Care Physicians in Nevada
In Focus: Primary Care Physicians in Nevada Primary care physicians provide direct patient care and counsel patients on the appropriate use of specialists and advanced treatment options. They are often a patient’s first point of contact with the health care system and provide critical preventive care and treatment for chronic disease. Having a sufficient number
Maine: In Focus: Smoking in Maine
In Focus: Smoking in Maine Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Each year, more than 480,000 people die from cigarette smoking, including nearly 41,000 deaths from secondhand smoke exposure.1 Approximately 16 million cases of major medical conditions among adults are attributed to smoking – which amounts to nearly 30
Preparing for Health Care Costs in Retirement: An America's Health Rankings Issue Brief
With health care expenditures expected to exceed $3.5 trillion in 2017 and grow by an average of 5.6 percent each year through 2025, health care affordability is a growing concern for individuals and families. America’s Health Rankings and the Alliance for Aging Research explore the issues of financial preparedness for health care costs in retirement in the new brief: Preparing for Health Care Costs in Retirement.
2017 Senior Report: Seniors are Benefiting from Improved Clinical Care, but Face Economic Barriers to Better Health
MINNETONKA, Minn. (May 10, 2017) – America’s seniors are seeing improvements in clinical care but are facing significant economic barriers to better health, according to the key findings from United Health Foundation’s fifth annual America’s Health Rankings Senior Report. Accompanying the report is new survey data, released in partnership with the Alliance for Aging Research, highlighting risks of health savings shortfalls among current and future seniors and uncertainty about future health care savings needs.
2016 Annual Report: Years of Positive Health Gains in the United States Threatened by Rise in Cardiovascular and Drug Deaths
MINNETONKA, Minn. (Dec. 15, 2016) – The nation’s health is seeing concerning upticks in key health indicators that threaten to offset years of public health successes, according to the key findings in United Health Foundation’s 27th America’s Health Rankings Annual Report®.
New Report: People with Military Service Report Better Overall Health, but Face Higher Rates of Cancer, Heart Disease than Civilian Peers
MINNETONKA, Minn. (Nov. 10, 2016) – The majority of people who have served in the U.S. military report being in very good or excellent health despite facing notable health challenges, including higher rates of cancer and coronary heart disease, than those who have not served (also referred to as civilians).
2016 America's Health Rankings Health of Those Who Have Served Report
Today, the United Health Foundation, in partnership with the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), released the 2016 Health of Those Who Have Served Report that establishes a national baseline and a holistic portrait of the health of those who have served.
2016 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report
Notable differences in the health of women and children exist across – and often even within – states according to some of the key findings of United Health Foundation’s 2016 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report. The new report includes an in-depth look at more than 60 measures of health and well-being, selected by a steering group of women’s and children’s health experts.
America’s Health Rankings Senior Report highlights challenges to the health care system as middle-aged Americans age into their senior years
Middle-aged Americans face significant health challenges, but on-the-ground programs offer key insights into how to curb the impact of chronic disease.