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U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

2013 ;ISBN: 0309387795 ;ISBN: 9780309387798 ;ISBN: 0309264146 ;ISBN: 9780309264143 ;EISBN: 9780309264150 ;EISBN: 0309264154 ;DOI: 10.17226/13497

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    U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health
  • Author: National Research Council ; Institute of Medicine ; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Committee on Population ; Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries ; Laudan Aron ; Steven H. Woolf
  • Steven H. Woolf ; Laudan Aron
  • Subjects: Environmental health ; Health ; Health attitudes ; Medical care ; Public health
  • Description: The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 420
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0309387795
    ISBN: 9780309387798
    ISBN: 0309264146
    ISBN: 9780309264143
    EISBN: 9780309264150
    EISBN: 0309264154
    DOI: 10.17226/13497
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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