LEADER 05601nam 2200685Ka 450 001 9910778075203321 005 20101115152719.0 010 $a1-280-77105-4 010 $a9786613681829 010 $a1-84855-181-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767381 035 $a(EBL)453279 035 $a(OCoLC)609843571 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357125 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925369 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357125 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10350959 035 $a(PQKB)11418635 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453279 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310683 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bslw06322488 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767381 100 $a20101115d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBeyond health insurance$b[electronic resource] $epublic policy to improve health /$fedited by Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso 210 $aBingley $cJAI Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 225 1 $aAdvances in health economics and health services research,$x0731-2199 ;$vv. 19 300 $a"In light of the imbalance in health policy debate in the United States, in November 2007, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and College of Medicine at the University of Illinois sponsored a conference entitled 'Beyond health insurance: public policy to improve health'--Introd. 311 $a1-84855-180-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aQuantifying national spending on wellness and prevention / George Miller, Charles Roehrig, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Craig Lake -- Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawals / John Cawley, John A. Rizzo -- The psychology of nutrition messages / Heather Schofield, Sendhil Mullainathan -- Evaluation criteria for report cards of healthcare providers / Jesse D. Schold -- Evaluating the value of genomic diagnostics : implications for clinical practice and public policy / Amalia M. Issa -- Achieving the healthy people 2010 goal of elimination of health disparities : what will it take? / Kevin Fiscella -- Influence, information overload, and information technology in health care / James B. Rebitzer, Mari Rege, Christopher Shepard -- Health disparities and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical products / Rosemary J. Avery, Donald Kenkel, Dean R. Lillard, Alan Mathios, Hua Wang -- Pharmaceutical innovation and the longevity of Australians : a first look / Frank R. Lichtenberg, Gautier Duflos -- Introduction / Lorens Helmchen, Robert Kaestner, Anthony Lo Sasso. 330 $aMuch of the debate about health policy in the United States has focused on the availability of health insurance coverage and the relatively large number of individuals who are uninsured. While tackling the problem of the uninsured might improve access to and utilization of health care, it would likely have little effect on the health of the population, as there is only a weak connection between health insurance coverage and health. Expanding health insurance coverage alone is unlikely to significantly improve the health of the population or narrow health disparities within the population, given that many of the major causes of poor health such as smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity are largely unaffected by health insurance. The narrow focus on the uninsured in the health policy debate comes at the expense of other policies that could improve health faster and more significantly for every dollar spent.It is well known that the United States spends approximately twice as much per capita on health care as most other developed nations, but that there is little difference in population health between the United States and other developed nations. This suggests that we are on the 'flat part of the curve' of health care spending with respect to health and as a result need to pursue other approaches for improving population health.In light of the imbalance in the health policy debate in the US, in November 2007, the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois sponsored a conference entitled, Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health. The purpose of the conference was to make available to the public new research on policies that can significantly improve the health of the US population. 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