Health Care Spending, Quality, and Outcomes
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San Francisco Chicago New York Washington-Baltimore Detroit The U.S. health care system is broken. Overall life expectancy has improved, but the burden of chronic illness is increasing, and racial and socioeconomic disparities in mortality are widening.1,2 Almost 50 million Americans lack health insurance, and coverage for many others is inadequate.3 The safety and reliability of care in hospitals, surgical centers, nursing homes and physician offices is far from assured. And health care costs—already the highest in the world—are growing at a rate that poses a serious threat to patients, employers and the nation.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009