TY - BOOK
T1 - Valuing America's Health
T2 - Aligning Financing to Reward Better Health and Well-Being
AU - Pham, Hoangmai
AU - Chesney, Margaret
AU - Chisolm, Deena
AU - Erickson, David
AU - Koller, Christopher
AU - Long, Peter
AU - Moore, L. Gordon
AU - Nichols, Len M.
AU - Offodile, Anaeze
AU - Powell, Cheryl
AU - Sharfstein, Joshua
AU - Shurney, Dexter
AU - Szanton, Sarah
AU - Lee, Jennifer
AU - Flaubert, Jennifer Lalitha
AU - Cocchiola, Michael
AU - Chua, Peak Sen
AU - Anise, Ayodola
AU - Hunt, Amanda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/3/12
Y1 - 2024/3/12
N2 - The United States is experiencing a decline in life expectancy despite high health care spending due to a multitude of factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid epidemic, high burden of chronic disease, and systemic and structural inequities. A response proportional to this crisis is required. Valuing America's Health: Aligning Financing to Reward Better Health and Well-Being explores opportunities to transform the current health and health care system to one that promotes whole person and whole population health. The publication emphasizes the need for a bold vision and sustainable financing strategies to prioritize health and well-being for all. Authors of the publication highlight the importance of building a movement to prioritize health, repairing systemic failures, holding stakeholders accountable, controlling health care costs, incentivizing health promotion, adopting collaborative financing and policy-making approaches, and empowering individuals and communities in health decision-making. The way is clear; what is needed now is the will to move forward. Learn more about how to ensure our nation's health and health care system can support optimal health for all.
AB - The United States is experiencing a decline in life expectancy despite high health care spending due to a multitude of factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid epidemic, high burden of chronic disease, and systemic and structural inequities. A response proportional to this crisis is required. Valuing America's Health: Aligning Financing to Reward Better Health and Well-Being explores opportunities to transform the current health and health care system to one that promotes whole person and whole population health. The publication emphasizes the need for a bold vision and sustainable financing strategies to prioritize health and well-being for all. Authors of the publication highlight the importance of building a movement to prioritize health, repairing systemic failures, holding stakeholders accountable, controlling health care costs, incentivizing health promotion, adopting collaborative financing and policy-making approaches, and empowering individuals and communities in health decision-making. The way is clear; what is needed now is the will to move forward. Learn more about how to ensure our nation's health and health care system can support optimal health for all.
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U2 - 10.17226/27141
DO - 10.17226/27141
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85186357857
SN - 9780309706216
BT - Valuing America's Health
PB - National Academies Press
ER -