Healthcare and Public Policy

US Health Care Still Among Least Efficient in the World

According to the 2014 Bloomberg Health Care Efficiency Index, the U.S. was near the bottom of the list of 55 countries rated for their Health Care. This index compiles data from the World Bank, World Health Care Organization, and a few other sources which take into account life expectancy and the cost of Health Care per capita of …

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Environment Health Linked to Human Health

Researchers from Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness (New York, USA) and the University of Washington (Washington, USA) reveal how climate change impacts human health – with particular impact to the US Gulf Coast, northeast, and west coast regions.  Coastal areas are particularly vulnerable to impacts of climate change due to hazards such as …

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Take Action Against Inactivity

The statistics of physical inactivity in the U.S. are staggering:  according to Healthy People 2020, approximately 36% of adults do not engage in any leisure-time physical activity.  Men and women who engage in regular physical activity experience statistically significant and clinically important reductions in the risk of dying from coronary heart disease, the leading cause …

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