American health : demographics and spending of health care consumers / / by the editors of New Strategist Publications |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, N.Y. : , : New Strategist Publications, Inc., , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 462 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 368.38/200727 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Medicare - Economic aspects
Health surveys Medical care Americans - Medical care |
ISBN |
1-282-73859-3
9786612738593 1-935114-83-2 1-4416-6932-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
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Ithaca, N.Y. : , : New Strategist Publications, Inc., , 2010 | ||
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A comparison of person characteristics and reported conditions for adult Medicare beneficiaries with high and low annual prescription medicine expenditures, 2003 [[electronic resource] /] / Marie N. Stagnitti |
Autore | Stagnitti Marie N |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Rockville, Md.] : , : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 8 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Statistical brief |
Soggetto topico | Medicare - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697563103321 |
Stagnitti Marie N | ||
[Rockville, Md.] : , : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dual-eligible beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid : characteristics, health care spending, and evolving policies |
Autore | Hayford Tamara |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (42 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
Soggetto topico |
Managed care plans (Medical care) - Economic aspects - United States
Medical care, Cost of - United States Health care reform - United States Medicare beneficiaries Medicaid beneficiaries Medicare - Economic aspects Medicaid - Economic aspects Managed care plans (Medical care) - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717333103321 |
Hayford Tamara | ||
[Washington, D.C.] : , : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease : reduction in drug utilization suggests bundled payment is too high / / James Cosgrove |
Autore | Cosgrove James C. |
Edizione | [Revised.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (14 pages) : color illustration |
Soggetto topico |
Medicare - Economic aspects
Medicare - Claims administration Chronic renal failure - Treatment - Economic aspects - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage Renal Disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708128403321 |
Cosgrove James C. | ||
Washington, DC : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease [[electronic resource] ] : Medicare should pay a bundled rate for all ESRD items and services : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives / / statement for the Record of A. Bruce Steinwald |
Autore | Steinwald Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 5 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Testimony |
Soggetto topico |
Medicare - Economic aspects
Chronic renal failure |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage renal disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910696126803321 |
Steinwald Bruce | ||
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease [[electronic resource] ] : Medicare payments for all ESRD services, including injectable drugs, should be bundled : testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives / / statement of David M. Walker |
Autore | Walker David M (David Michael), <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 5 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Testimony |
Soggetto topico |
Medicare - Economic aspects
Chronic renal failure |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage renal disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695785803321 |
Walker David M (David Michael), <1951-> | ||
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease : CMS should improve design and strengthen monitoring of low-volume adjustment : report to congressional committees |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 26 pages) : color illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Medicare - Economic aspects
Medicare - Claims administration Home hemodialysis - Costs Chronic renal failure - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage renal disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704521303321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease [[electronic resource] ] : CMS should assess adequacy of payment when certain oral drugs are included and ensure availability of quality monitoring data : report to congressional committees |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 39 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Oral medication - Economic aspects - United States
Hemodialysis - Patients - Economic aspects Hemodialysis - Patients - Medical care - Government policy - United States Medicare - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage renal disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910700937003321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease [[electronic resource] ] : CMS should monitor access to and quality of dialysis care promptly after implementation of new bundled payment system : report to congressional requesters |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 66 pages) : illustrations, charts |
Soggetto topico |
Hemodialysis - Patients - Economic aspects
Hemodialysis - Patients - Medical care - Government policy - United States Medicare - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Letter--Appendix I objectives, scope, and methodology--Appendix II GAO data collection instrument on dose of dialysis related drugs--Appendix III Medicare expenditures for injectable ESRD drugs by demographic characters--Appendix IV detailed results from data collection instrument on dose of dialysis-related drugs--Appendix V comments from the centers of Medicare & Medicaid services--Appendix VI GAO contact and staff acknowledgments--Tables--Figures. |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage renal disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699942503321 |
[Washington D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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End-stage renal disease [[electronic resource] ] : CMS should monitor effect of bundled payment on home dialysis utilization rates : report to congressional committees |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 27 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Medicare - Economic aspects
Home hemodialysis - Costs Chronic renal failure - Economic aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | End-stage renal disease |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699087903321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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