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Author: Elizabeth H. Bradley
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Foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine
For decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. Now Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor marshal extensive research, including a comparative study of health care data from thirty countries, and get to the root of this paradox: We’ve left out of our tally the most impactful expenditures countries make to improve the health of their populations—investments in social services.
In The American Health Care Paradox, Bradley and Taylor illuminate how narrow definitions of “health care,” archaic divisions in the distribution of health and social services, and our allergy to government programs combine to create needless suffering in individual lives, even as health care spending continues to soar. They show us how and why the US health care “system” developed as it did; examine the constraints on, and possibilities for, reform; and profile inspiring new initiatives from around the world.
Offering a unique and clarifying perspective on the problems the Affordable Care Act won’t solve, this book also points a new way forward.
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- Print Length: 272 pages
- Publisher: PublicAffairs (November 5, 2013)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B00E257VKG
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This book resonated. I have worked in public health in Africa for 8 years. The core messages of the book did not just articulate what I have seen in the American health system (having lived there for a while) but also what I see in health systems around the world. For example, one of the central theses of the book is that spending on health care cannot be looked at without considering the investment in social services that impact public health. This is all too often missed. The consequence is that governments like the US spend more money on treatment (which is more visible and easy to shift to the consumer) than on dealing with the underlying factors that cause those health issues in the first place. Maybe even more core to their insight than this is how this creates a completely different perception of health care - one of health as a goal in itself (spend money on healthcare to achieve certain health indicators) rather than as a component to a pleasurable and productive life (spend money on making life healthy and productive). These arguments are backed up with data both quantitative and qualitative. And excellent read for public health experts, policy makers, health care workers and every person needing health care!.
By Saul Kornik
This book takes no shortcuts, and directly addresses the heart of an enormous issue in contemporary America. The American Health Care Paradox analyzes the wide range of graphs and statistics, as well as past strategies and interventions, that evidence America's commitment to creating a healthy population. However, when presented with the evident subpar health outcomes, Bradley and Taylor do not--unlike most others--insist that we throw more money at the issue. Instead, the authors dig deeper to discover the earliest roots of negative health outcomes, and specifically discusses how we can adjust our spending to better solve the problems we are faced with. Using research from countless other countries--especially Scandinavian ones, which consistently produce some of the best healthcare outcomes--Dr. Bradley and Ms. Taylor present convincing evidence that we can improve healthcare outcomes by (paradoxically) shifting spending away from health services, and instead towards sectors that function as highly efficient interventions: employment and housing programs; disability, sickness, and unemployment benefits; family and housing support; pensions, and perhaps most importantly, education.
This book teaches the critical message that with a problem as complex as healthcare, there will be no easy solutions or shortcuts. We need to take a step back to acknowledge and address the societal factors that burden our healthcare system, because they are at the heart of our stunted healthcare outcomes.
By Victor Johansen
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