Closing the health gap.

• Autores: Christine Gorman
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 303, Nº. 4, 2010, págs. 34-36
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the expansion of primary care as a solution for chronic disparities in the U.S. health care system. According to the author, the U.S. spends more money on health care than any other industrialized nation, but does not have better overall health. She presents a comparison of U.S. and Canada life expectancy and cites gaps in infant mortality rates, which are based on ethnicity. She argues that education, environment, and socio-economics are the root causes of the gaps in infant mortality and explains why primary care is the solution, including the ability of primary care to handle the health problems that most people face and its availability to the poor and socially disadvantaged groups.