Ohioans are living less healthy lives and spending more on health care than people in most other states.
That is the unfortunate, albeit familiar, conclusion from the recently released Health Value Dashboard, which is produced every other year by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.
Since 2014, HPIO has gathered data on more than 100 metrics to compare Ohio to other states and D.C. on health value, a combination of health outcomes and health care spending. The dashboard also examines differences in outcomes between groups of Ohioans, such as by race, ethnicity, income, education and disability status.
In every edition of the dashboard, Ohio has been near the bottom. This year, Ohio ranks 47, with only Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky and West Virginia ranking lower.
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Getting a coronavirus vaccine in Ohio can feel like a frustrating free-for-all for Dayton-area residents and experts say the distribution system is not likely to change drastically any time soon.
Vaccine supply is likely to remain scarce for weeks or months at a national level, thus supply is scarce in Ohio. That means vaccine appointments go fast and not every eligible Ohioan can get the shot as soon as they’d like, though local providers are getting their limited allotments out within a week of receipt.