The American health care paradox
Subtitle: why spending more is getting us less
By: Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor ; foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg
Contributors: Taylor, Lauren A., author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781610392099
Subjects: Health planning; Health care reform; Cost of Medical care; Social service
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The paradox; title: Historical perspectives on healthcare and social care in the United States; title: The stories behind the numbers; title: Can we learn from abroad?; title: Finding it within ourselves; title: Making an impact at scale; title: Changing the paradigm.