Open AccessThe Health Divide
Author(s) -
Lisa Berkman
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
contexts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6052
pISSN - 1536-5042
DOI - 10.1525/ctx.2004.3.4.38
Subject(s) - health care , economic growth , health equity , political science , population , development economics , sociology , environmental health , medicine , economics
The United States is one of the world's wealthiest nations, yet the health of average Americans lags behind that of citizens in other developed countries. The huge amounts we spend on health care are not buying our population good health. The reason is a widening gap between the health of rich and poor Americans.
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