| Other author/creator | Woolf, Steven H. |
| Other author/creator | Aron, Laudan Y. |
| Other author/creator | National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries. |
| Other author/creator | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013427314 |
| ISBN | 9780309264143 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0309264146 (pbk.) |
