Sustaining Health Superiority in the 21st Century: Will the U.S. Meet the Challenge?
Abstract
By the year 2025, preserving U.S. Quality of Life will become the overarching mission of U.S. power. Sustaining Health Superiority will become an integral part of that strategy. For the U.S. to sustain Health Superiority, emphasis must turn from delivering medical care to sustaining health. To sustain health, the U.S. must develop a sound National Health Policy which prioritizes services, assesses technology, integrates training and enables execution of the National Security Strategy. As health technologies continue to develop, the need to provide centralized direction for decentralized execution will become increasingly apparent. Political Will lies at the heart of achieving this end state. The U.S. has perhaps twelve years to develop the Political Will and a National Health Policy needed to sustain health superiority in 2025. Without doing so, the U.S. will be fundamentally unprepared for the 21st century and put at risk its ability to defend and sustain its Quality of Life.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 03, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA345595
Entities
People
- Bernard L. Dekoning
Organizations
- United States Army War College