Title 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

Published Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Public health -- United States. Medical care -- United States. Health attitudes -- United States Environmental health -- United States Health -- Social aspects -- United States Public health. Medical care. Environmental health. Social psychology. Health attitudes. Social ecology. Public Health Delivery of Health Care Health Status Disparities Environmental Health Psychology, Social Attitude to Health Social Environment Patient Care public health. social psychology. human ecology. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Social psychology Social ecology Environmental health Health attitudes Health -- Social aspects Medical care Public health SUBJECT United States Subject United States Form Electronic book Author 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

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