U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health /

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Imprint:Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013]
©2013
Description:1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11229992
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Other authors / contributors: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.
ISBN:9780309264150
0309264154
0309268133
9780309268134
9780309264143
0309264146
9780309268134
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health. Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013] xxv, 394 pages ; 23 cm 9780309268134