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Americans’ suicide rates up since economic crisis began | Reuters
Suicide rates in the United States have risen sharply since the economic crisis took hold in 2007 and political leaders should do more to protect Americans’ mental health during tough times, researchers said on Monday. via Americans’ suicide rates up … Continue reading
What Changes in Survival Rates Tell Us About U.S. Health Care – The Commonwealth Fund
Even as health care spending per capita has increased in the U.S. over the last three decades, the nation has fallen behind 12 other wealthy nations in 15-year survival for men and women at ages 45 and 65. By 2005, … Continue reading
Has China’s remarkable reduction in income poverty since 1980 been accompanied by comparable progress in health?
Int J Health Serv. 2008;38(1):125-41. Death in China: market reforms and health. Reddy SG. Source Department of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. sr793@columbia.edu Abstract Has China’s remarkable reduction in income poverty since 1980 been accompanied … Continue reading
“Medical tourism” and the global marketpla… [Int J Health Serv. 2010] – PubMed – NCBI
Int J Health Serv. 2010;40(3):443-67. “Medical tourism” and the global marketplace in health services: U.S. patients, international hospitals, and the search for affordable health care. Turner L. Source Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. turne462@umn.edu Abstract … Continue reading
An unexpected mortality increase in the Un… [Int J Health Serv. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
An unexpected mortality increase in the United States follows arrival of the radioactive plume from Fukushima: is there a correlation? via An unexpected mortality increase in the Un… [Int J Health Serv. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI.
Maurice Preter, MD
Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.