Robert L. Phillips, Jr., MD, MSPH
The Commonwealth Fund and Rand Europe announced this week that the United States ranks last among developed countries in “mortality amenable to health care” — that is, deaths that are considered preventable with timely and effective health care. Preventable death rates declined during the last decade, but the rate of improvement in the United States was slower compared with other countries such that we continue to fall further behind. Compared with other countries, the United States also has much wider disparities in health status and outcomes.
Phillips RL Jr. Where the United States falls down and how we might stand up. Ann Fam Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;9(6):483-5.
