{"id":348,"date":"2016-05-01T01:53:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T01:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontosociology-waymaker\/?post_type=chapter&p=348"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:34:36","slug":"introduction-to-health-in-the-united-states-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/chapter\/introduction-to-health-in-the-united-states-and-abroad\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Health in the United States and Abroad","rendered":"Introduction to Health in the United States and Abroad"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: analyze health care in the United States and abroad<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6204\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"486\"]\"One Figure 1<\/strong>. A patient has their blood glucose tested on World Diabetes Day (Photo courtesy of Gia Willow Alexa Annermarken\/flickr)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHealth in the United States is a complex and often contradictory issue. On the one hand, as one of the wealthiest nations, the United States fares well in health comparisons with the rest of the world. However, the United States also lags behind almost every industrialized country in terms of providing care to all<\/em>\u00a0of its citizens, as well as in the comparative cost-effectiveness of its healthcare system. The following sections examine different aspects of health in the United States and how this compares with general\u00a0trends in\u00a0global health.","rendered":"

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Figure 1<\/strong>. A patient has their blood glucose tested on World Diabetes Day (Photo courtesy of Gia Willow Alexa Annermarken\/flickr)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Health in the United States is a complex and often contradictory issue. On the one hand, as one of the wealthiest nations, the United States fares well in health comparisons with the rest of the world. However, the United States also lags behind almost every industrialized country in terms of providing care to all<\/em>\u00a0of its citizens, as well as in the comparative cost-effectiveness of its healthcare system. The following sections examine different aspects of health in the United States and how this compares with general\u00a0trends in\u00a0global health.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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