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Reviewed on February 1, 2019 | Science and Technology
While the United States is the leader by far in per capita spending on health care and producing amazing diagnostic and therapeutic advances, statistics consistently show below-average results in life expectancy and infant mortality compared with other developed countries. Why the disconnect? Former National Institutes of Health chief science officer Kaplan (director of research, Stanford Sch. of Medicine) argues that we spend too much on "curative me...Log In or Sign Up to Read More