Prevention First - Policymaking for a Healthier America

Deaths from preventable diseases have decreased life expectancy in the United States for the first time in a century, making it clear that we must deal with the crisis by embracing prevention as our nation's top health sector priority.

About the author

Anand K. Parekh, MD, MPH, a board-certified internal medicine physician, is the chief medical advisor at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Previously, he completed a decade of service at the US Department of Health and Human Services. As a deputy assistant secretary for health from 2008 to 2015, he developed and implemented national initiatives focused on prevention, wellness, and care management.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Daschle, Bill Frist, Anand K Parekh, Anand K. Parekh
• Assisted by: Daschle Tom (Foreword), Bill Frist (Foreword)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2024
• EAN: 9781421450582
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-5058-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; MEDICAL / Health Policy, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, LAW / Health, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine, Medicolegal issues, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law