However, evidence shows that government-funded care is by no means a guarantee of better health outcomes.
But experts who study faith and healing have different explanations for better health outcomes among the religious.
The larger question is: what should we pay for those better health outcomes?
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The good news is plenty of nations around the world achieve better health outcomes despite severe shortages of dollars and doctors.
When we know which treatments are effective for which patients, there is a dual benefit: better health outcomes and reduced costs.
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Reductions in absenteeism and improvements in worker productivity resulting from better health outcomes because of expanded coverage would particularly benefit small businesses.
This is the path to better health outcomes and fewer wasted expenditures.
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This type of cooperation could pave a way forward to strengthening health care systems around the world and to achieving better health outcomes.
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Almost every life sciences company, regardless of their product or offering, will soon be expected to help change behaviors and deliver better health outcomes.
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Health conscious women may be more likely to take hormone therapy, may visit the doctor more, and exercise more and eat better, and do all sorts of things that might result in better health outcomes.
In contrast to BMI, which reflects overall fat distribution, waist girth, which measures belly fat, is a better predictor of poor health outcomes such as diabetes and heart disease.
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Both of these factors help to explain why children raised by their married parents generally report better health and well-being outcomes when compared to children who experience family instability and more limited financial resources.
Despite claims to the contrary, there is no conclusive evidence that less medical spending results in better or equal long-term health outcomes.
And yet Singapore has managed to cover everyone, with health outcomes that are as good or better than the rest of the world.
If the providers in the ACO achieve better outcomes, they divvy up money saved with the health plans.
The U.S. health care system today is fraught with wasteful spending that does not contribute to better outcomes for patients.
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Dowling, who was Governor Mario Cuomo's secretary of health, argues that in the long run better technology will make some hospital operations more efficient and produce better medical outcomes.
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