08. Smetana US Public Health Priorities Hanoi Sept 2012

[...]... disease, cancer, prevention, etc) Less prestige Exhaustive amounts of paperwork and insurance forms Long and unpredictable hours 1/3 of physician workforce but 2/3 of all office visits 11 Six Key U.S Public Health Priorities       Improve access to care Eliminate health disparities linked to ethnicity and socioeconomics factors Strengthen the public health infrastructure Increase investment in efforts... to prevent disease, injury, and disability Increase investment in public health research Strengthen American leadership and investment in global health Assoc of Schools of Public Health 2011 12       Improve payment for general medical office visits Loan forgiveness for medical students who become general medical doctors Increase healthy eating habits and reduce obesity rates Penalties to encourage... Reduce the number of uninsured Americans Reduce time for generic medication availability 13 Thank You     I also wish to thank Dr Ha Phan Hai An who has been a gracious and talented course co-director Thanks to my colleagues at Hanoi Medical University for making our novel collaborative education concept work Thanks to the people and government of Vietnam for your kindness, and for your support . Strengthen American leadership and investment in global health Assoc. of Schools of Public Health 2011 12 Six Key U.S. Public Health Priorities  Improve payment for general medical office visits . factors  Strengthen the public health infrastructure  Increase investment in efforts to prevent disease, injury, and disability  Increase investment in public health research  Strengthen. States Public Health: Life Expectancy Leveling Off Source: CDC 5 Why is Life Expectancy Leveling Off? Preventable Causes of Death in the U.S. Daniels et al, PLoS 2009 Where Do We Stand in 2012?