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The Demography of Health and Health Care (second edition)

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Louis G. Pol

    1. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha

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  2. Richard K. Thomas

    1. Medical Services Research Group, Memphis

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  • 2nd edition of classic text and reference
  • Health demography plays an increasingly important role

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Health Demography

    Pages 1-18

  3. Health and Health Care

    Pages 19-57

  4. The Language of Health Care

    Pages 59-86

  5. Population Size, Concentration, and Distribution

    Pages 87-114

  6. Population Composition

    Pages 115-143

  7. Fertility

    Pages 145-175

  8. Morbidity and Mortality

    Pages 177-213

  9. Migration

    Pages 215-242

  10. Data Sources for Health Demography

    Pages 243-280

  11. The Demographic Correlates of Health Status

    Pages 281-317

  12. The Demographic Correlates of Health Behavior and Health Services Utilization

    Pages 319-355

  13. The Future of Health Demography

    Pages 357-368

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 369-374
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About this book

"Health demography" has come to play an increasingly important role within the larger field during the past twenty years; the number of health professionals who utilize its methods and materials has grown exponentially. In 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.

Reviews

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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha

    Louis G. Pol

  • Medical Services Research Group, Memphis

    Richard K. Thomas

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