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UCLA-led study shows that economic factors may influence the adoption of new technologies Wealthier women who live in communities with the greatest income divide between rich and poor had better access to a new genetic test that can determine the most effective form of treatment for early-stage breast cancer, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Aetna.
April 06, 2015
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UCLA-led study shows that economic factors may influence the adoption of new technologies Wealthier women who live in communities with the greatest income divide between rich and poor had better access to a new genetic test that can determine the most effective form of treatment for early-stage breast cancer, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Aetna.
April 06, 2015
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Ying-Ying Meng is a Center senior research scientist and a co-author of the new report, Income Disparities in Asthma Burden and Care in California. In this short interview, she discusses why asthma is increasing in California, the impacts on low-income residents and society at large, as well as tips for policymakers on how to reduce asthma in their communities.
December 16, 2010
Ask the Expert
Ying-Ying Meng is a Center senior research scientist and a co-author of the new report, Income Disparities in Asthma Burden and Care in California. In this short interview, she discusses why asthma is increasing in California, the impacts on low-income residents and society at large, as well as tips for policymakers on how to reduce asthma in their communities.
December 16, 2010
Press Releases
In Los Angeles County, being disabled can cost a year's income. That's because the annual cost of in-home care services for seniors living alone is now $319 more than this group's median income of $17,029.
June 18, 2009
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In Los Angeles County, being disabled can cost a year's income. That's because the annual cost of in-home care services for seniors living alone is now $319 more than this group's median income of $17,029.
June 18, 2009