According to UPI, young adults in the United States run a greater risk than their peers in Canada of suffering complications from diabetes.
UPI消息,美国青年患糖尿病并发症的几率比加拿大青年更高。
New research shows that the disparity is rooted in young Americans lack of effective or affordable insurance coverage.
新研究表明这种差距是源于美国青年没有有效的或买得起的保险。
A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found
周二发表于《内科医学杂志》期刊的一项新研究发现
that the hospitalization rate for diabetic ketoacidosis rose by 90 percent among teenagers in the United States entering adulthood,
刚步入成年期的美国青少年因糖尿病酮酸中毒而住院的比率增长了90%
while young adults in Canada had a 23 percent hospitalization rate for the same condition.
而加拿大青年的同一症状住院率为23%。
The study author, Steffie Woolhandler, said in a news release,
该研究作者史特菲·乌尔翰德勒在一份新闻稿中表示,
"We know from other studies that thousands die each year because they're uninsured, and million skip their medications because of costs."
“从其他研究中我们了解到由于没有保险,数百万人因承担不起费用而停药,每年导致数千人死亡。”