Prevention First: Policymaking for a Healthier America

by Anand K. Parekh

Book Overview

Deaths from preventable disease have decreased life expectancy in the United States for the first time in a century. This book argues that we must deal with the crisis by embracing prevention as our nation's top health sector priority.

In Prevention First, Dr. Anand K. Parekh, chief medical advisor of the Bipartisan Policy Center, argues that disease prevention must be our nation's top health policy priority. Building...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421433656
• ISBN13: 9781421433653
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher