The American health care paradox : why spending more is getting us less / Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor ; foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2013]Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 248 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610392099
  • 1610392094
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • RA410.53 .B724 2013
NLM classification:
  • 2013 K-574
  • W 84 AA1
Contents:
The paradox -- Historical perspectives -- Front-line insights -- Learning from abroad -- Home-grown innovations -- An American way forward -- Continuing the discourse.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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