Technology and Health: Man and His World

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Introductory Address

   1. Introductory Address

      • E. Masè

      Pages 1-5

3. Health of the Individual

   1. Periodic Health Examinations of Individuals

      • M. F. Collen

      Pages 6-24

   2. Periodic Health Evaluation of Individuals

      • P. F. L. Hall

      Pages 25-41

   3. Individual Aspects of Health — The Individual Longitudinal Health Profile and Index

      • G. Z. Williams

      Pages 42-54

4. Health of the Community

   1. Rural Community Health Information Acquisition

      • Roger A. Côté

      Pages 55-60

   2. Information Systems for Rural Health: Problems and Potential Benefits

      • D. A. B. Lindberg

      Pages 61-66

   3. Health Information Systems for Large Communities

      • G. Griesser

      Pages 67-92

   4. Health Problems of Low Income Communities

      • C. Vallbona

      Pages 93-112

5. Health of a Region

   1. A Health Care Information System for Regional Planning in Transition from a Centralized to a Distributed System

      • H. Peterson

      Pages 113-121

   2. Health Information System and Health Reform in Italy

      • A. Serio

      Pages 122-127

   3. Health of a Region — Example: Ontario, Canada

      • D. J. Shepley

      Pages 128-136

6. Health of a Nation

   1. A Rational Care Model for Health Care of a Nation

      • S. R. Garfield

      Pages 137-144

   2. Health Care Supported by Technology in Japan

      • S. Kaihara

      Pages 145-155

   3. Cancer Information Centers and Systems

      • G. Wagner

      Pages 156-169

   4. Technology for the Health of a Nation: Radiant Imaging

      • G. S. Lodwick

      Pages 170-176

7. Health Care Delivery Models

   1. Inpatient Health Care Delivery Models

      • J. Anderson, A. Nimalasuriya

      Pages 177-185

   2. The Importance of ‘Regionalisation’ on the Provision of Health Care

      • J. M. Forsythe

      Pages 186-194

   3. Use of Mortality, Morbidity and Risk Factors in Epidemiological Models

      • M. Goldberg, M. Blanc, P. Le Beux, P. Goldberg, F. Grémy

      Pages 195-207

   4. The Structure of Physicians’ Activities in General Practice and Modelling their Degree of Coverage

      • P. L. Reichertz, B. Schwarz, H. J. Meldau

      Pages 208-228

SALUTIS UNITAS, Unity for Health, an organization 'Uniting physicians of the world to foster better health for all people through international exchange of technological information', was officially founded in 1972 after preceding years of preparation. One of its main objectives is the scientific communication, be it by meeting or by publications. So several scientific meetings could be held, mostly together with other scientific organizations, and resulted in the publication of the respective proceedinqs 1. Studies were commissioned 2 to investigate trends in health care delivery and their socio-economic consequences, which also provided the basis for further investigations 3. So also in 1978 an international congress was organized by SALUTIS UNITAS and sponsored by the international Menarini Foundation under its directorship of Dr. Gorini. This volume is based on the contributions of SALUTIS UNITAS mewbers of this meeting 'Man and his World, Technology and Health', supplemented by further studies and materials. The main objective was to look at various recipients of health care delivery: the individual, the community, the region and the nation. Emphasis was placed on systems analysis, simulation techniques and evaluation. According to the composition of the SALUTIS UNITAS membership, conceptual and interdisciplinary aspects prevail over descriptions of in-depth methodology,thus providing a broad access to the problems investigated. For the Editors Amonqst others see: Mas~, E., Collen, ~.F., Gorini, S. (Eds): The Computer in Health Care Systems in Some European Countries and in the United States (Piccin, Padua 1976).

• Gesundheitswesen
• Health
• evaluation
• health care system
• healthcare

• Institut für Dokumentation, Information und Statistik, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg 1, Germany

  Gustav Wagner

• Dept. für Biometrie und Dokumentation, Abt für klinische Datenverarbeitung und Dokumentation der Med. Hochschule, Hannover 61, Germany

  Peter L. Reichertz

• Roma, Italy

  Ezio Masè

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