Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population-Based Prevalence Study

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People with a mental illness are twice as likely than others to smoke, but about one-third are able to quit. In a survey of 4,411 people, about one-third of those with a current or past mental illness smoked, compared to 22% of those without a history of mental illness.

Mentally ill persons, Demographic aspects, Mentally ill, Smokers, Smoking

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Who cares for the care givers? Lack of health insurance among health and insurance personnel

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Many Americans have inadequate or no health insurance, including a significant number who are employed in the medical and insurance fields. Using data from the 1990 Current Population Survey (CPS) of the US Bureau of the Census, 6,182 health workers and 1,298 insurance employees were surveyed. Only 9 percent of health care workers had no insurance, compared with over 14 percent in other industries. However, 15 percent of black health care workers lack insurance, and over 20 percent of nursing home employees are uninsured. By job category, nurses are the most likely, and food workers the least likely, to be insured. Almost 3 percent of office-based physicians, but only half that number of hospital physicians, are uninsured. One in four of those with incomes below $10,000 are uninsured, and employers paid all or part of the premiums for only 20 percent of the workers. Health personnel employed in physicians' office are less likely to be insured than hospital employees. Union members are more likely to be covered by health insurance than nonunion workers. These health care workers can hardly be unaware of the risks of being uninsured; however, the cost of insurance for small businesses, including physicians' offices, is extremely high. The main factor affecting the lack of insurance coverage for so many health care workers seems to be the low pay and low status of many health care workers, especially those in the field of long-term care. A tax-based national health insurance system is proposed as a solution. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Caregivers, Medically uninsured persons, Medical personnel

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A reappraisal of private employers' role in providing health insurance

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The contribution of private employers to health insurance is less than many people have estimated. Researchers analyzed data from the March 1997 Current Population Survey, which covered 130,000 Americans representative of the US population. Only 43% received their health insurance through a private employer. Thirty-four percent relied on Medicare or Medicaid, 7% paid the premium personally, and 16% were uninsured. Only six states had more than half their population covered by health insurance through a private employer.

Finance, Private sector, Health insurance, Employee benefits

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