Beschreibung:
The facts are hard to ignore: rising rates of chronic disease, epidemic obesity and diabetes, a widening longevity gap between rich and poor, health care "reforms" at odds with patient interests. In response, Policy Innovations for Health argues that a nation's well-being mirrors the health of its citizens-and calls not only for improvement in our health care systems but for a complete reconceptualization of health and social policy, starting with expanded, interrelated roles for health care providers, consumers, and policymakers.
At the forefront of how we understand and approach health policy
Policy Innovations for Health.- Intelligence for Health Governance: Innovation in the Monitoring of Health and Well-Being.- Financing for Health in All Policies.- Health as a Driving Economic Force.- Integrating Health in All Policies at the Local Level: Using Network Governance to Create 'Virtual Reorganization by Design'.- Knowledge-Centered Health Innovation: The Case for Citizen Health Information Systems.