U.S. health in international perspective [electronic resource] : shorter lives, poorer health / Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, Steven H. Woolf and Laudan Aron, editors ; Committee on Population Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Woolf, Steven H., editor.; Aron, Laudan Y., editor.; National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, supporting host.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, supporting host.
2013
RA445 .U17 2013eb
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Title U.S. health in international perspective [electronic resource] : shorter lives, poorer health / Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, Steven H. Woolf and Laudan Aron, editors ; Committee on Population Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
ISBN 9780309264143 paperback
0309264146 paperback
9780309268134
9780309264150 electronic book
Published Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Description 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations
Call Number RA445 .U17 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.10973
Summary Introduction -- Documenting the U.S. Health disadvantage -- Shorter lives -- Poorer health throughout life -- Explaining the U.S. Health disadvantage -- Framing the question -- Public health and medical care systems -- Individual behaviors -- Social factors -- Physical and social environmental factors -- Policies and social values -- Future directions for understanding the U.S. Health disadvantage -- Research agenda -- Next steps.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Woolf, Steven H., editor.
Aron, Laudan Y., editor.
Added Corporate Author National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, supporting host.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, supporting host.
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Summary
Introduction
Documenting the U.S. Health disadvantage
Shorter lives
Poorer health throughout life
Explaining the U.S. Health disadvantage
Framing the question
Public health and medical care systems
Individual behaviors
Social factors
Physical and social environmental factors
Policies and social values
Future directions for understanding the U.S. Health disadvantage
Research agenda
Next steps.

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