The average life expectancy has increased greatly in recent decades. HealthMaker Brad Perkins, MD, a Vanguard executive, talks in this video about the programs that are helping people live longer.
Most of the gain in life expectancy, over the last 100 years in the United States, has been as a result of disease prevention through public health interventions.
Brad Perkins, MD, is chief transformation officer for Vanguard Health Systems. Vanguard Health Systems owns and operates 28 acute care and specialty hospitals and complementary facilities and services across the country.
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