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Kentucky Health Issues Poll: analysis complete, region specific reports issued

In late 2010, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati sponsored the Kentucky Health Issues Poll, a telephone survey to find out what Kentuckians think...

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Kentuckians with higher incomes report better health; however, more people...

The latest data from the 2011 Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) show about 6 in 10 Kentuckians living above 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines (FPG) reported being in “excellent” or “very...

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The health status of Cincinnati’s white Appalachian population

Health care issues are being addressed at all governmental levels.  These discussions are being fueled by the rising costs and rising economic importance of the health sector.  In 2011, the health care...

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Nearly 18 percent of Kentuckians lack health insurance

In 2010, nearly 641,000 or 17.5 percent of Kentuckians under the age of 65 did not have health insurance, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. At 17.5 percent, the rate of...

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Medical care inflation varies substantially by type of service and care

Over the past five years U.S. inflation excluding medical care has averaged 2% a year. Medical care inflation has averaged 2.8% a year. However, the rate of inflation varies substantially by type of...

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27 Percent of Young Adults Lack Health Insurance

In 2012, 27 percent of young adults (ages 19 to 34) lacked health insurance, although the rate varied widely from state to state, according to a new Census Bureau infographic, “The Young and Uninsured...

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