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Understanding The American Public's Health Priorities: a 2006 perspective.
- Source :
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Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] 2006 Nov-Dec; Vol. 25 (6), pp. w508-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Oct 17. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Opinion surveys conducted in 2006 show that health care is an important but second-tier issue in terms of priorities for government action. Americans' top health care concerns are mostly related to economic insecurity: rising costs and the problems of the uninsured. The biggest perceived health threats are cancer, HIV/AIDS, and avian flu. Although most Americans do not think that the health system is in crisis, the public remains dissatisfied with both the country's health care and public health systems. These attitudes are likely to create a climate that is supportive of increased health spending and substantial policy changes.
- Subjects :
- Delivery of Health Care standards
HIV Infections epidemiology
Health Care Costs trends
Humans
Influenza, Human epidemiology
Medically Uninsured
Neoplasms epidemiology
Public Health Administration standards
Uncertainty
United States epidemiology
Attitude to Health
Health Priorities
Public Opinion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1544-5208
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Health affairs (Project Hope)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17046841
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.25.w508