We Can Do Better — Improving the Health of the American People
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- 20 September 2007
- journal article
- oration
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 357 (12) , 1221-1228
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa073350
Abstract
The United States spends more on health care than any other nation in the world, yet it ranks poorly on nearly every measure of health status. How can this be? What explains this apparent paradox?Keywords
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