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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970738103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988

ISBN

9786610214945

9781280214943

1280214945

9780309555258

0309555256

9780585143231

0585143234

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

GilfordDorothy M

Disciplina

362.1/9897/00973021

Soggetti

Older people - Care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.