Health Care in World Cities: New York, Paris, and London
- ISBN-10
- 0801894441
- ISBN-13
- 9780801894442
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 179
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-06
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Michael K. Gusmano, Victor G. Rodwin, Daniel Weisz
Description
The authors first review the current literature on comparative analysis of health systems and offer a brief overview of the public health infrastructure in each city. Later chapters illustrate how timely and appropriate disease prevention, primary care, and specialty health care services can help cities control such problems as premature mortality and heart disease. --
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