New research finds the addition of a thousand new immigrants in a metropolitan area reduces elderly mortality by about 10 deaths than would be typical. Why? Because among the newcomers are foreign-born health care workers who are arriving amid a critical nationwide shortage, according to the study’s authors, who hail from Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Rochester.
Adding 1,000 immigrants tied to 142 more health workers, fewer elderly deaths
