
|Slideshows|August 11, 2022
Financial problems cause delays in care and exacerbate social determinants of health
Author(s)Todd Shryock, Logan Lutton
Poll shows that minority populations are suffering the most.
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A poll conducted by NPR, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard found that serious financial problems are hitting minority populations particularly hard, causing delays in seeking health care and exacerbating social determinants like housing that can make staying healthy even more challenging.
Here are the key findings.
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