Health: The Basics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134709680
Author: Rebecca J. Donatelle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 5PQ
Healthy People 2020 is a(n)
- a. blueprint for health actions designed to improve health in the United States.
- b. projection for life expectancy rates in the United States in the year 2020.
- c. international plan for achieving health priorities for the environment by the year 2020.
- d. set of specific goals that states must achieve in order to receive federal funding for health care.
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