Those Misleading World Health Rankings; The numbers are distorted because, for instance, U.S. doctors try so hard to save premature babies

[...]the study's lead author, Virginia Commonwealth University Family Medicine Professor Steven Woolf, recently told reporters that life expectancy and other noted health outcomes are determined "by much more than health care."

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Published in:The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition 2013-02-05
Main Author: Pipes, Sally C
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Health care
Hospitals
Infant mortality
Innovations
Life expectancy
Medicine
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Physicians
Premature babies
Premature birth
R&D
Research & development
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Summary:[...]the study's lead author, Virginia Commonwealth University Family Medicine Professor Steven Woolf, recently told reporters that life expectancy and other noted health outcomes are determined "by much more than health care."
ISSN:2574-9579