Adam Silverman | Connecticut Health Investigative Team

Disparities

Karin Gonzalez, 12, of Glastonbury is examined by Dr. Frederick Bogin, medical director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Clinic at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, which is using the index to better serve its patients.

Community Health Index: A Tool For Healthy Lives

By Magaly Olivero | August 15, 2012

Local public health officials and health care providers are zeroing in on health disparities by using the “health equity index,” an online tool to measure the correlation between health and the socioeconomic factors that define a community.