The US health disadvantage relative to other high-income countries: Findings from a National Research Council/Institute of Medicine report

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 771-772

  Woolf, Steven H ^a   Aron, Laudan Y ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874351943     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.91     Document Type: Short Survey

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