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In Sickness and In Health: Disease and Disability in Contemporary America
Richard K. Thomas
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Description for In Sickness and In Health: Disease and Disability in Contemporary America
Hardback. Series: Applied Demography Series. Num Pages: 201 pages, 50 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBG; MBN; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
The increasing importance of sickness and disability data across health-related disciplines is the focus of this concise but comprehensive resource. It reviews the basics of morbidity at the population level by defining core concepts, analyzing why morbidity has overtaken mortality as central to demographic study, and surveying ways these data are generated, accessed, and measured. Subsequent chapters demonstrate how this knowledge can be used to better understand-and potentially solve-critical public health issues, benefitting not only populations served, but also areas such as health services planning, resource allocation, and health policy-setting. To make this material ... Read more
The increasing importance of sickness and disability data across health-related disciplines is the focus of this concise but comprehensive resource. It reviews the basics of morbidity at the population level by defining core concepts, analyzing why morbidity has overtaken mortality as central to demographic study, and surveying ways these data are generated, accessed, and measured. Subsequent chapters demonstrate how this knowledge can be used to better understand-and potentially solve-critical public health issues, benefitting not only populations served, but also areas such as health services planning, resource allocation, and health policy-setting. To make this material ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
201
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Applied Demography Series
Condition
New
Weight
489g
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493934218
SKU
V9781493934218
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Ref
99-15
About Richard K. Thomas
Richard K. Thomas is Partner and Vice President of Health and Performance Resources in Memphis, TN. He is also Instructor and Research Associate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Thomas is the author of Health Services Marketing: A Practitioner's Guide, published by Springer.
Reviews for In Sickness and In Health: Disease and Disability in Contemporary America
In Sickness and In Health provides detailed, well-exampled information on an immediately relevant subject, morbidity. ... The text is clear without getting bogged down in jargon, and if terms are unclear, readers can consult the brief glossary that provides succinct definitions. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (J. P. Bourgeois, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), September, 2016)