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Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020: Letter Report
Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., President, AcademyHealth, Washington, DC
Alan Zaslavsky, Ph.D., M.S., Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by GeorgesBenjamin, M.D., Executive Director, American Public Health Association and James S. House, Ph.D., Angus Campbell Distinguished University Professor of Survey Research, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Appointed by the National Research Council, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.