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5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WEBThey include: focus on prevention, not just treating sickness; tackle racial disparities; expand telehealth and in-home services; build integrated systems; and adopt …

https://hbr.org/2021/12/5-critical-priorities-for-the-u-s-health-care-system

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U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022

(6 days ago) WEBIntroduction. In the previous edition of U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, we reported that people in the United States experience the worst health …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022

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What has the pandemic revealed about the US health …

(6 days ago) WEBTo put it plainly, the pandemic did not create a crisis in U.S. health care. For many in the United States, crisis was already a precondition of care, delivered in emergency rooms and negotiated …

https://news.mit.edu/2021/what-has-pandemic-revealed-about-us-health-care-what-needs-change-0405

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The state of the U.S. health system in 2022 and the …

(Just Now) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on mortality in the United States, leading to life expectancy decreasing in the U.S. by far more than in other large, wealthy countries. The pandemic …

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/the-state-of-the-u-s-health-system-in-2022-and-the-outlook-for-2023/

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America’s health care crisis is much deeper than COVID-19

(1 days ago) WEBRealigning our health system around the need to prevent and treat chronic disease, which affects some 100 million people in the U.S. and represents more than 80 cents out of every dollar spent on health …

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/america-s-health-care-crisis-much-deeper-covid-19

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Covid-19 — Implications for the Health Care System NEJM

(1 days ago) WEBA Crisis in Public Health. The United States has 4% of the world’s population but, as of July 16, approximately 26% of its Covid-19 cases and 24% of its …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2021088

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The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities …

(9 days ago) WEBMaternal health: The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of industrialized countries, and the 2022 NHQDR shows that this rate is increasing. The overall maternal …

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html

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Why Public Health Faces a Crisis Across the U.S. - The …

(8 days ago) WEBA New York Times review of hundreds of health departments in all 50 states indicates that local public health across the country is less equipped to confront a pandemic now than it was at the

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/coronavirus-public-health.html

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Health, United States, 2020–2021: Annual Perspective

(6 days ago) WEBThe Annual Perspective is a new publication from the Health, United States program. The Health, United States, 2020–2021: Annual Perspective is the 44th edition of the …

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus20-21.pdf

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Our Biggest Health Challenges National Institutes of Health (NIH)

(4 days ago) WEBThanks to decades of research, Americans are living longer. Yet Chronic diseases still affect large swaths of the population and are unevenly distributed creating …

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-turning-discovery-into-health/our-biggest-health-challenges

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Confronting Challenges in the US Health Care System - JAMA …

(7 days ago) WEBHealth systems will be increasingly held accountable for ensuring delivery of high-value care and for addressing health equity issues in ways that do not rely on …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778509

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Most Americans Say the Health Care System Fails Them TIME

(7 days ago) WEBMany respondents pointed to similar problems when asked about their own personal issues with the medical system. Only 27% of people who took the survey said …

https://time.com/6279937/us-health-care-system-attitudes/

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8 Major Problems with the U.S. Healthcare System Today

(4 days ago) WEBA higher rating suggests fewer deaths due to a higher standard of care and access. 3. Lack of Transparency. Fraud and cover-ups are rampant in the U.S. healthcare system. A …

https://www.medifind.com/news/post/problems-us-healthcare-system

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Homepage - Health, United States - Centers for Disease Control …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Health, United States program provides national trends in health statistics. Health, United States provides a wide array of trends in health statistics to …

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/index.htm

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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs KFF

(9 days ago) WEBThis project found that health care debt is a wide-reaching problem in the United States and that 41% of U.S. adults currently have some type of debt due to …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/

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US Health Statistics and Data Trends: life expectancy - USAFacts

(5 days ago) WEBIn 2022, a newborn in the US was expected to live 77.5 years. Life expectancy is a projection estimating the average age of death for people born today. …

https://usafacts.org/topics/health/

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DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality …

(5 days ago) WEBA healthcare disparity is a difference between population groups in the way they access, experience, and receive healthcare. Factors that influence healthcare disparities …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578532/

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OVERVIEW OF U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM LANDSCAPE

(5 days ago) WEBThe National Academy of Medicine defines healthcare quality as “the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578535/

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U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2019 - Commonwealth …

(6 days ago) WEBAmericans are living shorter, unhealthier lives. Yet, the United States outspends other wealthy nations when it comes to health care, according to a new …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019

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U.S. Health Care Policy RAND

(2 days ago) WEBThe U.S. health care policy landscape is poised for great change. Extensive RAND research offers insights about the likely impact of repealing or revising the ACA …

https://www.rand.org/health-care/key-topics/health-policy.html

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13.4 Problems of Health Care in the United States

(8 days ago) WEBPrivate Health Insurance and the Lack of Insurance. Medicine in the United States is big business. Expenditures for health care, health research, and other health items and …

https://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/13-4-problems-of-health-care-in-the-united-states/

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Health Care Access and Quality - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(1 days ago) WEBHealthy People 2030 focuses on improving health by helping people get timely, high-quality health care services. About 1 in 10 people in the United States don’t have health …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/health-care-access-and-quality

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State of the U.S. Health Care Workforce, 2023

(4 days ago) WEBThe growth varies considerably by gender (Table 3). While the number of female medical school students has grown by approximately 15% between 2018 and 2023, the number …

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bureau-health-workforce/data-research/state-of-the-health-workforce-report-2023.pdf

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WEBLink Copied! A cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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DOJ announces task force on health care monopolies and collusion

(6 days ago) WEBMay 10, 2024 - 02:20 PM. The Department of Justice May 9 announced the formation of a task force focusing on competition concerns in health care. The unit, the Task Force on …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-10-doj-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and-collusion

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Key Facts on Abortion in the United States KFF

(6 days ago) WEBBlack women comprised 42% of abortion recipients, White women 30% , Hispanic women 22%, and 7% women of other races/ethnicities. Many women who …

https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/key-facts-on-abortion-in-the-united-states/

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What’s Behind America’s Doctor Crisis? The Epoch Times

(1 days ago) WEBPhysician Thrive’s 2023 study stated that the United States may have a shortage of 124,000 doctors by 2034. Within that shortfall, up to 48,000 will likely be lost …

https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/whats-behind-americas-doctor-crisis-5640380

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