TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bradley,Elizabeth H.
AU  - Taylor,Lauren A.
TI  - The American health care paradox: why spending more is getting us less 
SN  - 9781610392099
AV  - RA410.53 .B724 2013
U1  - 362.10973 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Medical care, Cost of
KW  - United States
KW  - Medical economics
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - Social Work
KW  - Health Expenditures
KW  - Social Conditions
KW  - Health Care Reform
KW  - fast
KW  - Gesundheitspolitik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Medizinische Versorgung
KW  - Sozialarbeit
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index; The paradox -- Historical perspectives -- Front-line insights -- Learning from abroad -- Home-grown innovations -- An American way forward -- Continuing the discourse
N2  - For decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. Bradley and Taylor marshal extensive research, including a comparative study of health care data from thirty countries, and get to the root of this paradox: We've left out of our tally the most impactful expenditures countries make to improve the health of their populations: investments in social services
ER  -