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. 2010 Oct 1;7(4):90-92.
eCollection 2010 Oct.

Psychiatry in the USA: an overview

Carol A Bernstein  1 , Bruce Hershfield  2 , Deborah C Cohen  3
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Psychiatry in the USA: an overview

Carol A Bernstein et al. Int Psychiatry. .

Abstract

The USA has the world's largest economy and the highest per capita spending on healthcare, but it lags behind other countries on a number of key health measures. It ranks 23rd in healthy life expectancy and 32nd in infant mortality (World Health Organization, 2009). In 2000, the World Health Organization ranked the US healthcare system as 1st in responsiveness, 37th in overall performance, and 72nd by overall level of health (among 191 member nations in the study).

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