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Financing Population Health Improvement
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Despite spending far more on medical care than any other nation and despite having seen a century of unparalleled improvement in population health and longevity, the United States has fallen behind many of its global counterparts and competitors in such health outcomes as overall life expectancy and rates of preventable diseases and injuries. A fundamental but often overlooked driver of the imbalance between spending and outcomes is the nation’s inadequate investment in nonclinical strategies that promote health and prevent disease and injury population-wide, strategies that fall under the rubric of “popula- tion health.” A previous report from the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, For the Public’s Health: Investing in a Healthier Future, concluded that “funding for governmental public health is inadequate, unstable, and unsustainable” and that “the underinvestment in public health has ramifications for the nation’s overall health status, for its financially strained health care delivery system, and for its economic vitality and global competitiveness” (IOM, 2012, p. 14).
Joe Alper and Alina Baciu - Personal Name
978-0-309-30746-8
NONE
Healthcare Management
English
2014
1-85
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