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

Steven H. Woolf, Laudan Y. Aron, National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
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
eBook, English, 2013
The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2013