Louis G. Pol, Richard K. Thomas

The Demography of Health and Health Care (second edition) (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1992. The authors convey the general principles that underlie this applied subdiscipline and demonstrate how the merging of demography and health care impacts on the planning processes of a range of health care organizations.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780306473760
• Artikelnr.: 43604640

Inhaltsangabe

Health Demography.- Health and Health Care.- The Language of Health Care.- Population Size, Concentration, and Distribution.- Population Composition.- Fertility.- Morbidity and Mortality.- Migration.- Data Sources for Health Demography.- The Demographic Correlates of Health Status.- The Demographic Correlates of Health Behavior and Health Services Utilization.- The Future of Health Demography.

Rezensionen

From reviews of the First Edition:
"At last! ...a book on health demography which draws together these two important and useful disciplines... and provides a central resource for students as well as professionals who need access to demographic methods, measures, and concepts. ... [The authors] demonstrate the relevance and applicability of demographic principles to health care in a clear, thorough manner."
(Applied Demography)
"A well-written, effectively organized work that clarifies the role of health demography."
(Choice)
"The emphasis on the application of demographic concepts and methods to the understanding and solution of health care delivery problems... makes this an extremely useful book for health care marketers. ... [V]ery well written and organized.... [A] valuable reference book."
(Journal of Health Care Marketing)