This video is an overview of how a bill becomes law in the Mississippi Legislature.
The mission of the Center for Mississippi Health Policy is to serve as a catalyst for health policy debate, providing information to policymakers and the general public and communicating research findings that will stimulate dialogue and inform decision-making.
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A small summary of state government.
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The National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Vital Statistics Rapid Release of Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts at the US and State level. Based on data available for analysis on November 7, 2021 the percent change in the United States from April 2021 to April 2021 was +27.2% (reported data), and predicted data was +28.5%. The data for Mississippi had a predicted case change … Read more...
Researchers from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota compiled Mississippi data from the 2019 United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) at the request of the Center for Mississippi Health Policy. The ACS asks a representative sample of households about their health insurance
coverage. This chartbook summarizes the responses provided by non-elderly (19 through 64 years of age) Mississippi adults. Data found at Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)(https://usa.ipums.org/usa/index.shtml).
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Receiving medical care at all stages of childbearing from preconception and pregnancy to delivery and postpartum has implications for women’s health, infant health, and later episodes of pregnancy. This brief explores the postpartum period when some women are at risk of illness or death due to pregnancy-related complications. Medical care after pregnancy has the potential to address pregnancy-related injury or illness as well as control lingering conditions that could impact a subsequent pregnancy.
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