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Discovering precision health : predict, prevent, and cure to advance health and well-being / / Lloyd B Minor, Matthew Rees



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Autore: Minor Lloyd B. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Discovering precision health : predict, prevent, and cure to advance health and well-being / / Lloyd B Minor, Matthew Rees Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2020
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 pages)
Disciplina: 362.10973
Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States
Health services accessibility
Delivery of Health Care
Healthcare Disparities
Health Services Accessibility
Precision Medicine
Soggetto geografico: United States
Persona (resp. second.): ReesMatthew <1968->
Note generali: Includes index.
Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
Titolo autorizzato: Discovering precision health  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-119-67268-6
1-119-67271-6
1-119-67274-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815616403321
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