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

• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, N.Y. : , : New Strategist Publications, Inc., , 2010
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 462 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 368.38/200727
• Soggetto topico: Medicare - Economic aspects; Health surveys; Medical care; Americans - Medical care
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: American health
• ISBN: 1-282-73859-3; 9786612738593; 1-935114-83-2; 1-4416-6932-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996339108903316
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