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How improving people's health makes the economy around them even stronger

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According to new data from the Center for Health Information and Analysis, Black and Hispanic residents were 60% and 110% more likely to visit the emergency room for non-emergency conditions, respectively.

In this week's "Business of Boston," we look at what that does to our economy, and to local business. Dr. Claire-Cecile Pierre, associate chief medical officer and vice president of community heath equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Vasundhra Sangar, vice president of government affairs at Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

This segment aired on December 9, 2022.

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