American health : demographics and spending of health care consumers / by the editors of New Strategist Publications.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

New Strategist Publications, Inc., Content Provider.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicare--Economic aspects.

Medicare.

Health surveys.

Medical care--Statistics.

Medical care.

Americans--Medical care--Statistics.

Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 462 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : New Strategist Publications, Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third edition of American Health: Demographics and Spending of Health Care Consumers provides a comprehensive look at the demographics of health care consumers and the services they use, ranging from fish oil supplements to mammograms, from doctor visits to birth control pills. American Health includes detailed health care spending data from the federal government's highly respected Consumer Expenditure Survey and the less well-known Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. It presents the latest data on health care coverage and the reasons why people do not have health insurance. It has the latest information on the growing girth of the population, in pounds and percentages. It examines teen attitudes toward sex and teen and adult use of contraception. It explores the changing attitudes of Americans toward the role of the federal government in providing health care in the United States. American Health is divided into 14 chapters, each examining a different facet of health care. The topics are Addictions, Aging, Alternative Medicine, Attitudes toward Health Care, Births, Coverage and Cost, Deaths, Disability, Diseases and Conditions, Health Care Visits, Hospital Care, Mental Health, Sexual Attitudes and Behavior, and Weight and Exercise. Each chapter includes tables showing the demographics of health care consumers as well as explanatory text and charts revealing the most important trends.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chap. 1 Addictions

Men Are More Likely than Women to Smoke

Table 1.1 Cigarette Smoking Status of People Aged 18 or Older by Selected Characteristics, 2008

Table 1.2 Percent Distribution of People Aged 18 or Older by Cigarette Smoking Status, 2008

Table 1.3 Current Smokers by Selected Characteristics, 2008

Table 1.4 Cigarette Smoking by People Aged 12 or Older, 2008

Health Professionals Are Advising Smokers to Quit

Table 1.5 Advised to Quit Smoking during Routine Health Checkup, 2007

By 11th Grade, Most Teens Have Smoked a Cigarette

Table 1.6 Cigarette Use among 12-to-17-Year-Olds, 1999-2004

Table 1.7 Tobacco Use among 9th to 12th Graders, 2007

Table 1.8 Attitudes of 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders toward Cigarette Smoking, 1999 and 2009

Drinking Varies by Demographics

Table 1.9 Alcohol Drinking Status of People Aged 18 or Older by Selected Characteristics, 2008

Table 1.10 Percent Distribution of People Aged 18 or Older by Alcohol Drinking Status, 2008

Table 1.11 Alcohol Use by Selected Characteristics, 2008

Table 1.12 Alcohol Use by People Aged 12 or Older, 2008

Table 1.13 Binge Drinking and Heavy Alcohol Use by People Aged 12 or Older, 2008

Most High School Students Have Tried Alcohol

Table 1.14 Alcohol Consumption among 12-to-17-Year-Olds, 1999-2004

Table 1.15 Alcohol Use by 9th to 12th Graders, 2007

Table 1.16 Attitudes of 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders toward Drinking, 1999 and 2009

Marijuana Is the Most Commonly Used Illicit Drug

Table 1.17 Illicit Drug Use by People Aged 12 or Older, 2008

Table 1.18 Lifetime Illicit Drug Use by Type of Drug and Age, 2008

Table 1.19 Past Year Illicit Drug Use by Type of Drug and Age, 2008.

Table 1.20 Past Month Illicit Drug Use by Type of Drug and Age, 2008

Thirty-Eight Percent of High School Students Have Smoked Pot

Table 1.21 Lifetime Marijuana Use by People Aged 12 to 25, 1965 to 2008

Table 1.22 Marijuana Use by People Aged 12 or Older, 2008

Table 1.23 Marijuana Use among 12-to-17-Year-Olds, 1999-2004

Table 1.24 Marijuana Use by 9th to 12th Graders, 2007

Teen Drug Use Fell in the Past Decade

Table 1.25 Drug Use by 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders, 1999 and 2009

Table 1.26 Attitudes of 12th Graders toward Drug Use, 1999 and 2009

Most Addicts Do Not Get the Treatment They Need

Table 1.27 Treatment for Drug or Alcohol Problems in Past Year, 2008

Chap. 2 Aging

With Age, Health Problems Grow

Table 2.1 Healthy Behavior of Adults Aged 55 or Older by Age, 2004-07

Table 2.2 Difficulties in Physical and Social Functioning among Adults Aged 55 or Older by Age, 2004-07

Table 2.3 Health Care Access among Adults Aged 55 or Older by Age, 2004-07

Most Older Americans Can Care for Themselves

Table 2.4 Difficulty Performing Activities of Daily Living among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2006

Table 2.5 People Aged 65 or Older Who Need Help Performing Activities of Daily Living, 2008

Table 2.6 Difficulty Performing Instrumental Activities of Daily Living among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2006

Table 2.7 Incontinence among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2006

Fewer People Are in Nursing Homes

Table 2.8 Number of Nursing Home Residents and Rate of Nursing Home Care, 1977 to 2004

Table 2.9 Nursing Home Residents Aged 65 or Older by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2004

Table 2.10 Nursing Home Residents by Marital Status and Prior Living Arrangement, 2004

Chap. 3 Alternative Medicine

Millions Turn to Alternative Medicine

Table 3.1 Use of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Type and Age, 2007.

Table 3.2 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Age, 2007

Table 3.3 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Sex, 2007

Table 3.4 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2007

Table 3.5 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Region, 2007

Table 3.6 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Education, 2007

Table 3.7 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Health Insurance Status, 2007

Table 3.8 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Drinking Status, 2007

Table 3.9 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Smoking Status, 2007

Table 3.10 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Number of Doctor Visits, 2007

Table 3.11 Users of Alternative and Complementary Medicine by Number of Health Conditions, 2007

Table 3.12 Characteristics of Children Who Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2007

Alternative Therapies Are Most Commonly Used for Back Problems

Table 3.13 Alternative Medicine Use among Adults by Disease or Condition, 2007

Table 3.14 Alternative Medicine Use among Children by Disease or Condition, 2007

Table 3.15 Adult Use of Nonvitamin, Nonmineral Natural Products by Type, 2007

Table 3.16 Children's Use of Nonvitamin, Nonmineral Natural Products by Type, 2007

We Spend Billions on Alternative Medicine

Table 3.17 Total Visits and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Visits to Alternative and Complementary Medicine Practitioners by Type, 2007

Table 3.18 Per-Person Visits and Out-of-Pocket Costs of Visits to Alternative and Complementary Medicine Practitioners by Type, 2007

Table 3.19 Cost of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Materials and Therapy, 2007

Chap. 4 Attitudes toward Health Care

Fewer Americans Have Confidence in the Medical Community.

Table 4.1 Confidence in Medicine, 1978 to 2008

Table 4.2 Spending on Improving Nation's Health, 1978 to 2008

Table 4.3 Government Should Help Pay for Medical Care, 1988 and 2008

Most People Say Their Health Is Very Good or Excellent

Table 4.4 Health Status by Selected Characteristics, 2008

Table 4.5 Health Status of Children by Selected Characteristics, 2008

Table 4.6 Health Status, 1995 to 2008

Table 4.7 Days of Poor Physical Health in Past Month, 1995 to 2008

Table 4.8 Frequent Poor Physical Health in Past Month, 1995 to 2008

Table 4.9 Days of Activity Limitation in Past Month, 1995 to 2008

Table 4.10 Frequent Activity Limitation Days in Past Month, 1995 to 2008

Inability to Pay for Health Care Is a Problem for Many

Table 4.11 People with Problems Receiving Medical Care by Reason, 2007

Table 4.12 People with Problems Receiving Prescriptions by Reason, 2007

Table 4.13 People with Problems Receiving Dental Care by Reason, 2007

Many Patients Want More Time with Health Care Providers

Table 4.14 Attitude toward Scheduling Routine Health Care Appointments among Adults, 2007

Table 4.15 Attitude toward Scheduling Routine Health Care Appointments for Children, 2007

Table 4.16 Health Care Provider Spent Enough Time with Adult Patient, 2007

Table 4.17 Health Care Provider Spent Enough Time with Children and Their Parents, 2007

Most Patients Say Providers Always Explain, Listen, and Show Respect

Table 4.18 Health Care Provider Explained Things Clearly to Adult Patient, 2007

Table 4.19 Health Care Provider Explained Things Clearly to Parents of Patients under Age 18, 2007

Table 4.20 Health Care Provider Listened Carefully to Adult Patient, 2007

Table 4.21 Health Care Provider Listened Carefully to Parents of Patients under Age 18, 2007.

Table 4.22 Health Care Provider Showed Respect for What Adult Patient Had to Say, 2007

Table 4.23 Health Care Provider Showed Respect for What Parents of Patients under Age 18 Had to Say, 2007

Fewer than Half Give Their Health Care Provider the Highest Rating

Table 4.24 Adult Patients' Rating of Health Care Received from Doctor's Office or Clinic, 2007

Table 4.25 Parents' Rating of Health Care Received by Children at Doctor's Office or Clinic, 2007

Chap. 5 Births

Only 65 Percent of Pregnancies Result in Live Births

Table 5.1 Pregnancy Outcomes by Age, 2005

Table 5.2 Pregnancy Outcomes by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2005

Americans Support Abortion Rights

Table 5.3 Abortions by Selected Characteristics, 1995 to 2005

Table 5.4 Support for Legal Abortion by Reason, 1972 to 2008

More Women Are Childless

Table 5.5 Childless Women by Age, 1990 to 2006

Table 5.6 Number of Children Ever Born to Women Aged 40 to 44, 1976 to 2006

Table 5.7 Number of Children Ever Born to Women by Age, 2006

The Birth Rate Has Risen Since 2000

Table 5.8 Birth Rates by Age, 1990 to 2008

Table 5.9 Average Age of Women When Giving Birth by Race and Hispanic Origin, 1990 and 2006

Nearly 4 Million Women Gave Birth in 2006

Table 5.10 Characteristics of Women Aged 15 to 44 Giving Birth in the Past Year, 2006

More than One-Third of Newborns Are Hispanic or Black

Table 5.11 Births by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 2008

Table 5.12 Births to Hispanics by Age and Hispanic Origin, 2006

Many Births Are to Unmarried Women

Table 5.13 Births to Unmarried Women by Age, 2008

Table 5.14 Births to Unmarried Women by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2006

Table 5.15 Women Who Have Ever Had a Nonmarital Birth, 2002

Forty Percent of Births Are First Births

Table 5.16 Births by Age of Mother and Birth Order, 2008.

Table 5.17 Births by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Birth Order, 2008.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612738593

9781282738591

1282738593

9781935114833

1935114832

9781441669322

1441669329

OCLC:

671465825