Implementation Research to Address the United States Health Disadvantage

Publication date: Available online 30 April 2018 Source:Global Heart Author(s): Michael M. Engelgau, K.M. Venkat Narayan, Majid Ezzati, Luis A. Salicrup, Deshiree Belis, Laudan Y. Aron, Robert Beaglehole, Alain Beaudet, Peter A. Briss, David A. Chambers, Marion Devaux, Kevin Fiscella, Michael Gottlieb, Unto Hakkinen, Rain Henderson, Anselm J. Hennis, Judith S. Hochman, Stephen Jan, Walter J. Koroshetz, Johan P. Mackenbach, M.G. Marmot, Pekka Martikainen, Mark McClellan, David Meyers, Polly E. Parsons, Clas Rehnberg, Darshak Sanghavi, Stephen Sidney, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Sharon Straus, Steven H. Woolf, Stephanie Constant, Tony L. Creazzo, Janet M. de Jesus, Nara Gavini, Norma B. Lerner, Helena O. Mishoe, Cheryl Nelson, Emmanuel Peprah, Antonello Punturieri, Uchechukwu Sampson, Rachael L. Tracy, George A. Mensah Four decades ago, U.S. life expectancy was within the same range as other high-income peer countries. However, during the past decades, the United States has fared worse in many key health domains resulting in shorter life expectancy and poorer health—a health disadvantage. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a panel of national and international health experts and stakeholders for a Think Tank meeting to explore the U.S. health disadvantage and to seek specific recommendations for implementation research opportunities for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Recommendations for National Heart, Lung,...
Source: Global Heart - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research