Are Americans Getting Sicker or Healthier?

The rising cost of healthcare causes many injustices, and is not sustainable. Cost inflation is partly caused by the nature of medicine. When doctors save lives, the lives we save are usually people with chronic illnesses. Decreases in the mortality rate often lead to increases in the prevalence rat...

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Main Author: Boyd, Jeffrey H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2006]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2006, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 559-585
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Prevalence
B Mortality
B Aging
B Chronic Illness
B Medical economics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)