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America's Health Rankings started in 1990 and is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis. It is founded on the World Health Organization holistic definition of health, which says health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Here are the best and worst states in each of the four categories analyzed: primary care shortages, percentage of population without health insurance coverage, the number of pharmacies per 100,000 ...
The analysis evaluated the 50 states plus Washington, D.C. on 24 relevant metrics categorized by cost, access, and quality to determine which states offered the best and worst health care for ...
2 Outcome of cardiovascular disease care. 3 See also. 4 References. ... United States: ... World Health Organization ranking of health systems in 2000;
For example, a ranking by the World Health Organization of health care system performance among 191 member nations, published in 2000, ranked Canada 30th and the U.S. 37th, and the overall health of Canada 35th to the American 72nd. [11]
American health professionals by state (54 C) A. Healthcare in Alabama (2 C, 2 P) Healthcare in Alaska (2 C, 15 P) Healthcare in Arizona (4 C, 7 P)
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The WHO rankings are claimed to have been subject to many and varied criticisms since its publication. [citation needed] Concerns raised over the five factors considered, data sets used and comparison methodologies have led health bodies and political commentators in most of the countries on the list to question the efficacy of its results and validity of any conclusions drawn.