U.S. health in international perspective : : shorter lives, poorer health / / Panel 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.

• Author: National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,
• TeilnehmendeR: Woolf, Steven H.,; Aron, Laudan Y.,; National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, District of Columbia : : The National Academies Press,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (420 pages) :; illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780309264143 (pbk.); 0309264146 (pbk.); 9780309268134; 9780309264150
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Panel 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.

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.