Even though America spends more than $2 trillion a

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Blueprint for a Healthier America: Modernizing the Federal Public Health System to Focus on Prevention and Preparedness

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By Jeffrey Levi (au)
Year: 2009
Pages: 119
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 1437915981

Description

Even though America spends more than $2 trillion annually on health care, tens of millions of Americans suffer every day from preventable diseases. The current public health (PH) system is broken. It is chronically underfunded and outdated. Modernizing public health is urgently needed. This Blueprint is a fed. policy guide with expert recommend. to revitalize the nation’s ability to protect the health of all Americans. It contains: A vision statement that outlines principles to make disease and injury prevention a cornerstone of America’s health policies; Recommend. to improve the infrastructure of America’s PH system; Recommend. for ongoing initiatives and projects; and a Paper that defines the need and scope for a policy agenda to modernize PH. Illus.

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