LEADER 02782nam 2200541 450 001 9910815616403321 005 20230612162000.0 010 $a1-119-67268-6 010 $a1-119-67271-6 010 $a1-119-67274-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000010119026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6028084 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010119026 100 $a20200312d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDiscovering precision health $epredict, prevent, and cure to advance health and well-being /$fLloyd B Minor, Matthew Rees 210 1$aHoboken, New Jersey :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-119-67269-4 330 $a"One of the motivations for launching Precision Health was to confront an uncomfortable reality: in the United States, there's a lot about U.S. health conditions, and our health care system, that's unsatisfactory. To be sure, the United States can be the very best place in the world to obtain the latest, most scientifically advanced treatments for severe diseases for those who have access to these services. But there are dramatic disparities in health, and access to high-quality health care, based on factors such as income and geography. There are also shortcomings embedded in the U.S. health care system, which is one reason why we spend more on health care, on a per-capita basis, than any other country, but our health indicators (such as life expectancy) put us on par with countries that spend less-much less. In this chapter, I examine both U.S. health conditions and U.S. health care, and show how millions of Americans are not seeing the health benefits that are typically associated with living in a high-income country such as the United States"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aMedical care$zUnited States 606 $aHealth services accessibility 606 $aDelivery of Health Care$3(DNLM)D003695 606 $aHealthcare Disparities$3(DNLM)D054625 606 $aHealth Services Accessibility$3(DNLM)D006297 606 $aPrecision Medicine$3(DNLM)D057285 607 $aUnited States 615 0$aMedical care 615 0$aHealth services accessibility. 615 12$aDelivery of Health Care. 615 22$aHealthcare Disparities. 615 22$aHealth Services Accessibility. 615 22$aPrecision Medicine. 676 $a362.10973 700 $aMinor$b Lloyd B.$01698768 702 $aRees$b Matthew$f1968- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815616403321 996 $aDiscovering precision health$94080491 997 $aUNINA