The Patchwork U.S. Public Health System

Interview with Dr. Joshua Sharfstein on the haphazard organization of U.S. public health at the local, state, and federal levels. (08:53)Download The U.S. public health system is an uneven patchwork. In the shadow of a pandemic, understanding this haphazard architecture is a step toward elucidating the U.S. paradox of enormous health expenditures but poor outcomes for population health.