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Report - McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
Rural healthcare and America’s $340 billion workforce earnings opportunity
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Rural facilities are closing as staffing shortages worsen. Yet 38 million “bridge workers”—nearly 100 times the national workforce shortage—could move into nursing and allied health roles and gain economic mobility.
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Closing the women’s health gap: Switzerland’s CHF 7 billion opportunity
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Addressing the women’s health gap in Switzerland could deliver eight additional healthy days per year for every woman and potentially contribute more than 7 billion Swiss francs in annual GDP by 2040.
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The future of healthy living: A $16.4 trillion opportunity
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New McKinsey Health Institute analysis finds that addressing modifiable risk factors could add 12 years to healthy life expectancy at birth and add nearly 9 percent to the global economy by 2050.
Featured Interactives
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Primary care, reimagined: Workforce and care model innovation in a modern age
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Inequitable access to primary care jeopardizes the health of millions of Americans, especially in rural communities, resulting in the equivalent of 45 million people with unmet primary care needs.
Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
CARE for women: Investing in care delivery to improve women’s lives and livelihoods
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Care delivery failures account for 34 percent of the women’s health gap. Earlier preventive care could avert tens of thousands of adverse events and generate three- to sixfold returns through lower medical costs.
Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: The return to better health, by country
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Explore how improving population health could deliver meaningful gains in healthy life and economic performance across countries.
Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
From potential to practical: Fueling performance with proven workplace health interventions
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Employers see the importance of employee health and well-being, but many don’t know where to start. The McKinsey Health Institute analyzed 115 workplace interventions to provide a clear path forward.
Founding perspectives
Article - McKinsey Health Institute
The secret to great health? Escaping the healthcare matrix
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The blueprint to achieve a lifetime of great health is increasingly clear and within our control. But unlocking it requires challenging the orthodoxies currently guiding individuals and institutions.
Article - McKinsey Health Institute
In sickness and in health: How health is perceived around the world
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A new McKinsey Health Institute survey examines the views of residents in 19 countries on their physical, mental, social, and spiritual health.
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Adding years to life and life to years
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At least six years of higher quality life for everyone is within reach.
Conversations on Health
Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
Michelle Williams on why public health is public wealth
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Michelle Williams, a leading voice in epidemiology and public health, advocates that society view the health of a population not as charity but as infrastructure upon which thriving communities are built.
Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
Special Olympics’ health chief on championing inclusive care
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Chief health officer Dimitri Christakis emphasizes a framework promoting health equity for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
The ‘evergreen economy’: Harnessing the power of healthy longevity
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Economist Andrew J. Scott, author of The 100-Year Life and The Longevity Imperative, discusses the opportunity for positive and profound change in an aging society.
Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
Mental and physical health equity: A ‘medical civil right’
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The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy strives to ensure resources for the prevention, treatment, and recovery support of mental health conditions are on par with those for other chronic illnesses.