Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence
Atheendar Venkataramani, Rourke O’Brien, Gregory L. Whitehorn, Alexander C. Tsai
Abstract
The United States is in the midst of a 40-year-long population health crisis. Life expectancy has declined since 2014, an unprecedented event that has followed on the heels of a decades-long slowing in secular gains in longevity in the US relative to peer countries. These adverse population health trends appear to be primarily driven by worsening health among working-age individuals of lower socioeconomic status.
Topics & Concepts
Population healthPopulationEnvironmental healthHealth policyMedicineEconomic growthPolitical scienceDevelopment economicsHealth careEconomicsEmployment and Welfare StudiesHealth disparities and outcomesGlobal Health Care Issues