Beyond Obamacare : life, death, and social policy / James S. House.

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"Health care spending in the United States today is approaching 20 percent of GDP, yet levels of U.S. population health have been declining for decades relative to other wealthy and even some developing nations. How is it possible that the United States, which spends more than any other nation on he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: House, James S., 1944- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2015]
Subjects:
Health care reform > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Health Care Reform > economics.
Health Services Accessibility > economics.
Health Status Disparities.
Socioeconomic Factors.
United States.
Health care reform.
Health services accessibility.
Gesundheitspolitik.
USA.
Physical Description:xxiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Health, health care, and health policy in America : a contradiction, wrapped in a paradox, inside an enigma
  • Health care reform : necessary but not nearly sufficient
  • Health care/health : from biomedical to social determinants of health
  • The lives, deaths, and health of individuals and populations over time and social strata
  • Racial-ethnic, gender, and age disparities in health and their relation to socioeconomic position
  • A new demand-side health policy: implications for research, education, policy, and practice
  • Socioeconomic policies that affect health and health disparities
  • The economic value and impact of a new demand-side health policy
  • Understanding and resolving America's paradoxical crisis of health care and health.