The nation's health / edited by Philip R. Lee and Carroll L. Estes ; Fatima Rodriguez, assistant editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1 Articles: Trends in mortality in the twentieth century; Achievements in public health, 1900-1999: control of infectious diseases; Achievements in public health, 1900-1999: healthier mothers and babies; Achievements in public health, 1900-1999: decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke - United States, 1900-1999; Healthy People 2010: understanding and improving health -- Ch. 2 Articles: McKeown and the idea that social conditions are fundamental causes of disease; The influence of income on health: views of an epidemiologist; Socioeconomic status and health: the potential role of environmental risk exposure -- Ch. 3 Articles: The process of public policymaking: a conceptual model; The study of public policy processes; Policy change over a decade or more -- Ch. 4 Articles: From trust to political power: interest groups, public choice, and health care; Health care and health care policy in a changing world; The politics of long-term care reform under the Clinton Health Plan: lessons for the future -- Ch. 5 Articles: Achievements in public health, 1900-1999: changes in the public health system; Broadening participation in community problem solving: a multidisciplinary model to support collaborative practice and research -- Ch. 6 Articles: Responding to chemical, biological, or nuclear terrorism: the indirect and long-term health effects may present the greatest challenge; Bioterrorism preparedness and response: clinicians and public health agencies as essential partners; Bioterrorism law policy: critical choices in public health, Bioterrorism, public health; and civil liberties --

Ch. 7 Articles: Who gets health care?; The U.S. Health Care System: on a road to nowhere?; Health insurance coverage: 2000; Managed care in transition -- Ch. 8 Articles: Medicare; Drug coverage for medicare beneficiaries: why protection may be in jeopardy; Medicaid; SCHIP turns 5: taking shock, moving ahead -- Ch. 9 Articles: The American Health Care System: the movement for improved quality in health care; Keeping quality on the policy agenda; Health care report cards: implications for vulnerable patient groups and the organizations providing them care -- Ch. 10 Articles: Women's health in the United States: health coverage and access to care; Adding aging and gender to the women's health agenda; Racial/ethnic variations in women's health: the social embeddedness of health; Failure of estrogen plus progestin therapy for prevention; Mammograms and personal choice -- Ch. 11 Articles: Long-term care and the elderly population; Long-term care: a public responsibility; Regulating nursing homes: residential nursing facilities in the United States; Consumer empowerment issues in chronic and long-term care.