Ohio's performance on pollution-related metrics in the 2023 Health Value Dashboard

Ohio's performance on pollution-related metrics in the 2023 Health Value Dashboard

With wildfire smoke from Canada causing air quality warnings in many states, data from HPIO’s 2023 Health Value Dashboard shows that Ohio was already lagging behind most other states on metrics …

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LGBTQ+ Ohioans face higher rate of depression

LGBTQ+ Ohioans face higher rate of depression

HPIO’s 2023 Health Value Dashboard includes, for the first time, an equity profile for LGBTQ+ Ohioans. Among the data highlighted in the profile is that LGBTQ+ adults in Ohio are much more likel…

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Disparities persist in air pollution exposure

Disparities persist in air pollution exposure

HPIO has updated data first included in its January Health Value Dashboard policy brief, “A closer look at outdoor air pollution and health.” The updated 2020 data (the most-recent year f…

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Geographic difference in Ohio suicide deaths, overdose deaths

Geographic difference in Ohio suicide deaths, overdose deaths

As stakeholders across the country mark Mental Health Awareness Month, HPIO’s recently released 2023 Health Value Dashboard found that one way health value in Ohio can be improved is by fosterin…

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Estimated percentage of Ohioans on Medicaid

Estimated percentage of Ohioans on Medicaid

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released the tenth edition of Ohio Medicaid Basics, a primer that provides an overview of the Medicaid program in Ohio. The 2023 edition includes information o…

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Health value ranks in HPIO's 2023 Health Value Dashboard

Health value ranks in HPIO's 2023 Health Value Dashboard

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released the latest edition of its biennial Health Value Dashboard, which found that Ohio ranks 44 on heath value compared to other states and D.C. (as displaye…

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Implementations of recommendations mixed 5 years after infant mortality report

Implementations of recommendations mixed 5 years after infant mortality report

Five years after HPIO’s report A New Approach to Reduce Infant Mortality and Achieve Equity identified 127 policy recommendations in housing, transportation, education and employment to reduce i…

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Racial differences in cost barriers to health care

Racial differences in cost barriers to health care

Policy changes made in Ohio over the last decade that have expanded access to care also reduced the gap between Black and white Ohioans who report going without care due to cost, as displayed in the g…

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Motor vehicle deaths in Ohio

Motor vehicle deaths in Ohio

New data analysis from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio found that while Ohio’s rate of traffic deaths has remained below the U.S. over the past decade, fatalities related to drivers operatin…

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Ohioans and high blood pressure

Ohioans and high blood pressure

New data analysis by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio shows that more Ohioans report having high blood pressure than people in other states (as illustrated in the graphic above). The analysis also…

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Ohio trails most states in heart disease mortality

Ohio trails most states in heart disease mortality

New data analysis by HPIO shows that Ohio has a higher rate of heart disease mortality than most other states (as illustrated in the graphic above). The rate in Ohio is 67% higher than Minnesota, the…

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Ohio children more likely to witness domestic violence

Ohio children more likely to witness domestic violence

New analysis from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio, conducted as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, found that Ohio children are more likely to witness domestic violence than children in th…

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