U.S. health in international perspective : 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.

Contributor(s): 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.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013]Copyright date: 2013Description: 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780309264150Subject(s): Public health -- United States | Medical care -- United States | Health attitudes -- United States | Environmental health -- United States | Health -- Social aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health.DDC classification: 362.10973 LOC classification: RA445 | .U17 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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