Rightslink allows you to instantly obtain permission, pay related fees, and print a license directly from the NAP website. Through Rightslink, you may request permission to reprint NAP content in another publication, course pack, secure website, or other media. The National Academies Press (NAP) has partnered with Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink service to offer you a variety of options for reusing NAP content. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue.
In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.Help Ordering Information New Releases Browse by Division Browse by Topic
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