Economic Hardship Drives Hospital Readmissions For Asthma Treatment In Black Youth

African-American youth are twice as likely as Whites to be readmitted to the hospital for treatment of asthma, according to a new study by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, reports WCPO Cincinnati.
An estimated 23 percent of Black children were rehospitalized for asthma within a year, compared to 11 percent of other children – most of whom were White, WCPO reports, citing the study published online in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics.....

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Black youth twice as likely to suffer from asthma-related complications

African American children are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma-related complications.
The findings are the conclusion of a study released by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The disparity is largely due to a greater burden of financial and social hardships faced by African American families......

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Memoir describes youth’s treatment for asthma in the 1950s

Sammy’s “journey” began when he was a 10-year-old Israeli boy with debilitating asthma and his mother informed him that to get well, he had to travel thousands of miles away by himself for treatment.....

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