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Report
For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future
- Released:
- April 10, 2012
- Type:
- Consensus Report
- Topic:
- Public Health
- Activity:
- Public Health Strategies to Improve Health
- Board:
- Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
The poor performance of the United States in life expectancy and other major
health outcomes, as compared with its global peers reflects what the nation
prioritizes in its health investments. It spends extravagantly on clinical care
but meagerly on other types of population-based actions that influence health
more profoundly than medical services. The health system’s failure to develop
and deliver effective preventive strategies continues to take a growing toll on
the economy and society.
In 2009, the IOM formed a committee to consider
three topics related to population health: data
and measurement, law
and policy, and funding. In this final report, the IOM assesses both the
sources and adequacy of current government public health funding and identifies
approaches to building a sustainable and sufficient public health presence going
forward, while recognizing the importance of the other actors in the health
system, including clinical care, governmental public health, and others. In
order for health outcomes to improve in the U.S., we will need to transform the
way the nation invests in health to pay more attention to population-based
prevention efforts; remedy the dysfunctional manner in which public health
funding is allocated, structured and used; and ensure stable funding for public
health departments.
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