Changes Needed in How U.S. Tracks Health Trends, Measures Outcomes
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December 8, 2010 -- Social and environmental factors are the most powerful shapers of life expectancy and health-related quality of life, yet the United States does not have a cohesive national strategy and appropriate measurement tools to track and respond to these critical influences, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Lack of a benchmark report on the nonmedical factors that influence health also leaves the public in the dark about the true state of the nation’s well-being and the efforts that would most likely improve health outcomes.
