Significant health statistics : select reports from federal agencies / Christopher Barrett, editor.

Format:

Book

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public Health in the 21st Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health status indicators--United States.

Health status indicators.

Public health--United States.

Public health.

United States--Statistics, Medical.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

This book provides significant health statistics through reports from federal agencies. The statistics discussed include updates on previously reported estimates for strategies used by U.S. adults aged 18 and over to reduce their prescription drug costs; regional variation in use of complementary health approached by U.S. adults; health care access and utilization among adults, by race and Hispanic origin; characteristics of hospital stays for super-utilizers by payer; trends in hospital readmissions; hospitalizations for patients aged 85 and over; prevalence of obesity among adults, children and adolescents; sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing of teenagers; serious psychological distress among adults; racial and ethnic disparities in men's use of mental health treatments; and the leading cause of death contributing to decrease in life expectancy gap between black and white populations.

Contents:

SIGNIFICANT HEALTH: STATISTICS SELECT REPORTS FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES; SIGNIFICANT HEALTH: STATISTICS SELECT REPORTS FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: STRATEGIES USED BY ADULTS TO REDUCE THEIR PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS: UNITED STATES, 2013; KEY FINDINGS; SUMMARY; DEFINITIONS; DATA SOURCE AND METHODS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: REGIONAL VARIATION IN USE OF COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH APPROACHES BY US ADULTS; KEY FINDINGS; SUMMARY; DEFINITIONS; DATA SOURCE AND METHODS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; REFERENCES

Chapter 3: HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND UTILIZATION AMONG ADULTS AGED 18-64, BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN: UNITED STATES, 2013 AND 2014DID THE PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED ADULTS CHANGE FROM 2013 TO 2014 FOR SELECTED RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN SUBGROUPS?; DID THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WITH A USUAL PLACE TO GO FOR MEDICAL CARE CHANGE FROM 2013 TO 2014 FOR SELECTED RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN SUBGROUPS?; DID THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WHO HAD SEEN OR TALKED TO A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS CHANGE FROM 2013 TO 2014 FOR SELECTED RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN SUBGROUPS?

DID THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS WHO DID NOT OBTAIN NEEDED MEDICAL CARE DUE TO COST CHANGE FROM 2013 TO 2014 FOR SELECTED RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN SUBGROUPS?SUMMARY; DEFINITIONS; DATA SOURCE AND METHODS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: CHARACTERISTICS OF HOSPITAL STAYS FOR SUPER-UTILIZERS BY PAYER, 2012; HIGHLIGHTS; INTRODUCTION; FINDINGS; DATA SOURCE; DEFINITIONS; ABOUT HCUP; ABOUT STATISTICAL BRIEFS; ABOUT THE NRD; FOR MORE INFORMATION; Chapter 5: TRENDS IN HOSPITAL READMISSIONS FOR FOUR HIGH-VOLUME CONDITIONS, 2009-2013; HIGHLIGHTS; INTRODUCTION; FINDINGS; DATA SOURCE; DEFINITIONS

ABOUT HCUPABOUT STATISTICAL BRIEFS; ABOUT THE NRD; ABOUT THE SID; ABOUT HCUPNET; FOR MORE INFORMATION; Chapter 6: HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR PATIENTS AGED 85 AND OVER IN THE UNITED STATES, 2000-2010; KEY FINDINGS; WHAT PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITAL CARE WAS PROVIDED TO ADULTS AGED 85 AND OVER?; WERE ADULTS AGED 85 AND OVER MORE LIKELY THAN OTHER AGE GROUPS TO BE HOSPITALIZED?; WHAT WERE COMMON CAUSES OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR ADULTS AGED 85 AND OVER?; HOW LIKELY WERE ADULTS AGED 85 AND OVER TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR INJURY?; WHERE WERE ADULTS AGED 85 AND OVER DISCHARGED TO AFTER HOSPITALIZATION?; DEFINITIONS

DATA SOURCE AND METHODSABOUT THE AUTHORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG ADULTS AND YOUTH: UNITED STATES, 2011-2014; KEY FINDINGS; WHAT WAS THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG ADULTS IN 2011-2014?; WERE THERE DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG ADULTS BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN IN 2011-2014?; WHAT WAS THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG YOUTH AGED 2-19 YEARS IN 2011-2014?; WERE THERE DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AMONG YOUTH AGED 2-19 YEARS BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN IN 2011-2014?; WHAT ARE THE TRENDS IN ADULT AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY?; SUMMARY; DEFINITIONS

DATA SOURCE AND METHODS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-564-1

OCLC:

957435964