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ReviewExperimental gerontology2017

Views on the ethical struggle for universal, high quality, affordable health care and its relevance for gerontology.

George M Martin

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Review in Experimental gerontology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

George M MartinDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Molecular Biology Institute & Semel Institute Center for Social Medicine and Humanities, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

International Registry of Werner SyndromeR01CA210916 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI JUNKO OSHIMA · 2016 to 2026
$3.8M
International Registry of Werner SyndromeR24AG042328 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARTIN, GEORGE M., OSHIMA, JUNKO · 2012 to 2015
$743k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA210916NIA NIH HHS R24 AG042328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The US pays about twice as much per capita for health care than any other developed country, yet its health metrics rank among the lowest among peer nations - for example, the US has 12.2 maternal mortality deaths per 100,000 compared to 4.8 in Canada which, like other developed nations, has a single payer health care program. The leading cause of bankruptcies in the US is attributable to medical expenses. Despite recently introduced legislation (the Affordable Care Act) many millions of Americans remain uninsured or underinsured. We shall consider views on the pathogenesis of such a dysfunctional health care system and make suggestions for how it can be improved. We shall also emphasize the importance of an integrated system of universal health care for population-based epidemiological research and preventive medicine, including its implications for the enhancement of the healthspans and lifespans of future generations via trans-generational inheritance. Finally, we suggest that the anticipated major health care savings of such a system, if partially invested in basic and translational research, should accelerate progress towards further gains in healthspans and lifespans.

Indexed as

GeriatricsHealth Care CostsHealthcare DisparitiesHumansPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActSingle-Payer SystemUnited StatesEpidemiologyGerontologyGeroscienceHealthspanMedical economicsMedical ethicsMedical researchSingle payer health careSocioeconomic disparitiesUniversal health care

Identifiers

PMID27105635
PMCPMC5237434

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