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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812361203321

Autore

House James S. <1944->

Titolo

Beyond Obamacare : life, death, and social policy / / James S. House

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61044-849-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

326.10973

Soggetti

Health care reform - United States

Health services accessibility - United States

Public health - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Health, health care, and health policy in America : a contradiction, wrapped in a paradox, inside an enigma -- Health care reform : necessary but not nearly sufficient -- Health care/health : from biomedical to social determinants of health -- The life, death, and health of individuals and populations over time and social strata -- Racial/ethnic, gender, and age disparities in health; and their relation to socioeconomic position -- What a demand-side health policy might look like and do -- What and how socioeconomic policies determine health and health disparities -- The economic value and impact of a new demand-side health policy -- Understanding and resolving America's paradoxical crisis of health care and health.