U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health / / 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
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U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health / / 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
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.10973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public health - United States |
| Medical care - United States | |
| Health attitudes - United States | |
| Environmental health - United States | |
| Health - Social aspects - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | WoolfSteven H. |
| AronLaudan Y. | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | U.S. health in international perspective |
| ISBN: | 0-309-26415-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462898603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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