Portrait of health in the United States
By: editors, Daniel Melnick, Beatrice Rouse.
Contributors: Melnick, Daniel.; Rouse, Beatrice A.
Edition: 1st. ed., 2001.
Publisher: Bernan
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Medical statistics; Health status indicators -- United States -- Statistics; Health care -- United States -- Statistics; Vital Statistics -- United States; Mortality -- United States -- statistics; Health Status Indicators -- United States -- statistics; Delivery of Health Care -- United States -- statistics; United States -- Statistics, medical
Genres: Statistics.; statistics.; Statistics, medical.
Description: Presents a picture of American health using a variety of measures ranging from self-perceived health status and reported acute and chronic health conditions to more objective measures such as life expectancy, medical diagnosis, hospitalization statistics, and death rates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Major statistical trends & guide to resources"--Cover.