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health improvements, which we estimate at 1.82 years of quality-adjusted life. However, these were roughly offset by … health by way of behavioral improvements and public health are possible …
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Mortality rates in the US fell more rapidly during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries than any other period in American history. This decline coincided with an epidemiological transition and the disappearance of a mortality "penalty" associated with living in urban areas. There is little...
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health improvements, which we estimate at 1.82 years of quality-adjusted life. However, these were roughly offset by … health by way of behavioral improvements and public health are possible …
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Health agencies at every jurisdictional level are exploring new ways to promote healthy eating and physical activity … obesity” a top priority. Ultimately, however, a non-health agency has primary authority over what is arguably the most … health — how long people live and how healthy they are, not just as a matter of individual medical treatment but as a matter …
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Sovereign boundaries, state borders, and distinctions between citizens and non-citizens undermine public health in the … United States in a number of ways. For historical reasons, we are prone to view immigration and public health as separate … they may stay, while states must cover the costs of foreign nationals who present a public health threat within the United …
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Mortality rates in the US fell more rapidly during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries than any other period in American history. This decline coincided with an epidemiological transition and the disappearance of a mortality "penalty" associated with living in urban areas. There is little...
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. While economists and public health scholars realize the independent effects social capital and stringent public health rules … prevention, where public health measures are more stringent, and where there are higher levels of social capital. We estimate … important role in the spread and prevention of infectious diseases independent of formal, governmental public health responses …
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