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The American health care paradox : why spending more is getting us less /

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&...

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Main Authors: Bradley, Elizabeth H., 1962
Group Author: Taylor, Lauren A
Published: PublicAffairs,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Medical care, Cost of > United States
Medical economics > United States
Delivery of Health Care > United States
Health care reform > United States
Health Expenditures > United States
Social Conditions > United States
Social Work > United States
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.
Carrier Form: xix, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.
ISBN: 9781610392099 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
1610392094 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: RA410
CLC: R199.712
R1-9
Call Number: R1-9/B811
Contents: The paradox -- Historical perspectives -- Front-line insights -- Learning from abroad -- Home-grown innovations -- An American way forward -- Continuing the discourse.

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