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The American Health Care Paradox
- Author
- Lauren A. Taylor
- Narrator
- Emily Durante
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2018
- Run Time
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Popular medicine and health, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medicine: general issues, Health systems and services, Medicolegal issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Society and culture: general, Popular medicine and health, Health systems and services, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government policies, Society and culture: general
What to expect
In The American Health Care Paradox, Bradley and Taylor illuminate how narrow definitions of "health care," archaic divisions in the distribution of health and social services, and our allergy to government programs combine to create needless suffering in individual lives, even as health care spending continues to soar. They show us how and why the US health care "system" developed as it did; examine the constraints on, and possibilities for, reform; and profile inspiring new initiatives from around the world.
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- Author
- Lauren A. Taylor
- Narrator
- Emily Durante
- Duration
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977376817
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Popular medicine and health, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medicine: general issues, Health systems and services, Medicolegal issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Society and culture: general, Popular medicine and health, Health systems and services, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government policies, Society and culture: general
Synopsis
For decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. Now Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. 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.In The American Health Care Paradox, Bradley and Taylor illuminate how narrow definitions of "health care," archaic divisions in the distribution of health and social services, and our allergy to government programs combine to create needless suffering in individual lives, even as health care spending continues to soar. They show us how and why the US health care "system" developed as it did; examine the constraints on, and possibilities for, reform; and profile inspiring new initiatives from around the world.
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