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

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

Label

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

Title remainder

shorter lives, poorer health

Statement of responsibility

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

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

362.10973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

RA445

LC item number

.U17 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

NLM call number

WA 540.AA1

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