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The Aging population in the twenty-first century : statistics for health policy / Dorothy M. Gilford, editor ; Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population, Sam Shapiro, chair, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Care--Statistics.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and the quality of care - especially long-term care. This book also presents recommendations for increasing and improving the data.
- Contents:
- 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction and Summary of Recommendations; 3 2 Social, Economic, and Demographic Changes Among the Elderly; 4 3 Health Status and Quality of Life; 5 4 Health Transitions and the Compression of Morbidity; 6 5 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; 7 6 Quality of Care; 8 7 Long-term Care; 9 8 The Financing of Health Care Services for the Elderly; 10 9 Health Services Utilization; 11 10 Enhancing the Utility of Statistical Systems; 12 11 Statistical Methodology for Health Policy Analysis; 13 References; 14 A Background Papers; 15 B Effects of Budgetary Constraints on Federal Statistical Programs; 16 C Descriptions of Data Bases Mentioned in the Panel's Recommendations; 17 D Long-term Health Care Minimum Data Set; 18 E Acronyms; 19 F Biographical Sketches
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610214945
- 9781280214943
- 1280214945
- 9780309555258
- 0309555256
- 9780585143231
- 0585143234
- OCLC:
- 427421723
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