tailieunhanh - The Unsustainable Cost of Health Care

Based on this understanding of women’s health, the exclusive focus adopted by this report on women and their corresponding health issues and needs is necessary to adequately address the topic. There are diseases which are unique, more prevalent, or more serious in women and for some diseases risk factors and interventions are different for women and men. Changes in diseases over time and across the lifespan also differ between women and men. Furthermore, women’s health is significantly associated with differences in gender equality in social, educational, cultural, and economic status (Schmitt 2008). In light of these sex-dependent factors, there is. | September 2009 Social Security Advisory Board The Unsustainable Cost of Health Care Social Security Advisory Board Sylvester J. Schieber Chairman Dana K. Bilyeu Dorcas R. Hardy Marsha Rose Katz Barbara B. Kennelly Mark J. Warshawsky Social Security Advisory Board An independent bipartisan Board created by the Congress and appointed by the President and the Congress to advise the President the Congress and the Commissioner of Social Security on matters related to the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. The Unsustainable Cost of Health Care Social Security Advisory Board September .