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Psychiatry in the USA: an overview

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Carol A. Bernstein ,
Bruce Hershfield  and
Deborah C. Cohen
Carol A. Bernstein
Affiliation:
American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, USA. E-mail carol.bernstein@nyumc.org
Bruce Hershfield
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MA, USA
Deborah C. Cohen
Affiliation:
American Psychiatric Association
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The USA has the world's largest economy and the highest per capita spending on healthcare, but it lags behind other countries on a number of key health measures. It ranks 23rd in healthy life expectancy and 32nd in infant mortality (World Health Organization, 2009). In 2000, the World Health Organization ranked the US healthcare system as 1st in responsiveness, 37th in overall performance, and 72nd by overall level of health (among 191 member nations in the study).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 90 - 92
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