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,美國青年患糖尿病并發癥的幾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.
新研究表明這種差距是源于美國青年沒有有效的或買得起的保險。
A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found
周二發表于《內科醫學雜志》期刊的一項新研究發現

that the hospitalization rate for diabetic ketoacidosis rose by 90 percent among teenagers in the United States entering adulthood,
剛步入成年期的美國青少年因糖尿病酮酸中毒而住院的比率增長了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癥狀住院率為23%。
The study author, Steffie Woolhandler, said in a news release,
該研究作者史特菲·烏爾翰德勒在一份新聞稿中表示,
"We know from other studies that thousands die each year because they're uninsured, and million skip their medications because of costs."
“從其他研究中我們了解到由于沒有保險,數百萬人因承擔不起費用而停藥,每年導致數千人死亡。”