Full Citation
Title: Health of Health, 2023
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2023
ISBN:
ISSN:
DOI:
NSFID:
PMCID:
PMID:
Abstract: The Patient pillar represents the demand side of health. It includes the entire US population (i.e., all potential patients) and analyzes overall patient health, outcomes, and the actions patients take to promote and maintain their health. While COVID-19 negatively impacted several Patient metrics, most show worsening or stagnant long-term trends with limited to no recovery post-pandemic. American life expectancy exemplifies this finding. While stagnant since 2010, life expectancy fell by 2.4 years between 2019 and 2021. Therefore, while this metric showed a modest improvement in 2022 for the first time since the pandemic's start, its overall recovery is still incomplete. During the pandemic, long-term improvements in infant mortality stalled while maternal mortality rose steadily. Further, significant racial disparities persist across the metrics for life expectancy, infant mortality, and maternal mortality.8 The prevalence of mental illness is a growing challenge for many patients. Self-reported rates of mental illness have been on the rise since 2018. Similarly, suicide rates have increased steadily since 2005. Despite an initial decline during the pandemic, they reached an all-time peak at 14.3 suicide deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.9 More encouragingly, mental healthcare utilization is rapidly growing, resulting in the gap between patients reporting mental illness and those receiving treatment narrowing significantly.
User Submitted?: No
Authors: Rashad Massoud, ; Kyle Johnson, ; Shannon Hayes, ; Jasper Swierstra,
Publisher: Rios Partners
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Population Health and Health Systems
Countries: