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050 00 $aRA445$b.U17 2013
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245 00 $aU.S. health in international perspective :$bshorter lives, poorer health /$cPanel 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.
264 1 $aWashington, D.C. :$bThe National Academies Press,$c2013.
300 $axxv, 394 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSummary -- 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.
520 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aPublic health$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMedical care$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHealth attitudes$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEnvironmental health$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHealth$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 2 $aAttitude to Health$zUnited States.
650 2 $aDelivery of Health Care$zUnited States.
650 2 $aEnvironmental Health$zUnited States.
650 2 $aPsychology, Social$zUnited States.
650 2 $aPublic Health Administration$zUnited States.
700 1 $aWoolf, Steven H.,$eeditor.
700 1 $aAron, Laudan Y.,$eeditor.
710 2 $aNational Academies (U.S.).$bPanel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,$esupporting host.
710 2 $aInstitute of Medicine (U.S.).$bBoard on Population Health and Public Health Practice,$esupporting host.