Health Care? Ask Cuba. Nicholas D. Kristof.
by Kristof, Nicholas D; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 14Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Infants -- Mortality | Medical care -- Cuba | Medical policy | Poverty | Public health -- CubaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Here's a wrenching fact: If the U.S. had an infant mortality rate as good as Cuba's, we would save an additional 2,212 American babies a year. Yes, Cuba's. Babies are less likely to survive in America, with a health care system that we think is the best in the world, than in impoverished and autocratic Cuba. According to the latest C.I.A. World Factbook, Cuba is one of 41 countries that have better infant mortality rates than the United States." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses the worldwide infant mortality rate.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Health Care? Ask Cuba, Jan. 12, 2005; pp. A21.
"Here's a wrenching fact: If the U.S. had an infant mortality rate as good as Cuba's, we would save an additional 2,212 American babies a year. Yes, Cuba's. Babies are less likely to survive in America, with a health care system that we think is the best in the world, than in impoverished and autocratic Cuba. According to the latest C.I.A. World Factbook, Cuba is one of 41 countries that have better infant mortality rates than the United States." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses the worldwide infant mortality rate.
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