An Evaluation of the Periodic Health Eaxmination
Authors: STANLEY S. SCHOR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 December 1964An Evaluation of the Periodic Health EaxminationThe Findings in 350 Examinees Who DiedSTANLEY S. SCHOR, PH.D., THOMAS W. CLARK, M.D., LEONARD W. PARKHURST, M.D., JAMES P. BAKER, M.D., KENDALL A. ELSOM, M.D.STANLEY S. SCHOR, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, THOMAS W. CLARK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEONARD W. PARKHURST, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES P. BAKER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, KENDALL A. ELSOM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-6-999 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPhysicians have advocated periodic health examinations, the public has sought them, and industry and labor have adopted them in their employee health programs, all convinced that an annual check-up will point the way to better health by the early detection of disease. Little information exists, however, to tell us how early and how often these examinations actually do uncover the diseases that are present and threatening but unsuspected by the individual. In view of the increasing amount of time and money invested in this procedure and of the reliance being placed upon it by physician and patient alike, better assessment...Reference1. ELSOMSCHORCLARKELSOMHUBBARD KASSTWKOJP: Periodic health examination: nature and distribution of newly discovered disease in executives. JAMA 172: 5, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: STANLEY S. SCHOR, PH.D.; THOMAS W. CLARK, M.D.; LEONARD W. PARKHURST, M.D.; JAMES P. BAKER, M.D.; KENDALL A. ELSOM, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFrom the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.This study was supported by grant SAph-78790 of the U. S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Stanley S. Schor, Ph.D., B-2 McIlhenny Dorms, 36th and Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104.*Benjamin Franklin Clinic of The Pennsylvania Hospital, Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester), General Electric Company (Schenectady), The Greenbrier Clinic, Medical Associates of Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, University of Michigan Periodic Health Appraisal Unit, University of Pennsylvania Diagnostic Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Executive Health Evaluation Clinic, Standard Oil Company (N. J.), United States Steel Company Periodic Health Examination Program.†The deaths that were known but not used because they did not meet one or more of the requirements listed above did not seem to differ from those used according to any particular pattern. Hence, there is no reason to believe that the selection process introduced any bias. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byWhat Makes Vietnamese (Not) Attend Periodic General Health Examinations? A 2016 Cross-sectional StudyWhat Makes Vietnamese (Not) Attend Periodic General Health Examinations? A Cross-Sectional StudyPrinciples and Practice of Secondary PreventionMultiple-stage screening and mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention TrialScreening for the early detection of disease, the need for evidenceSome ethical and design challenges of screening programs and screening testsThe Periodic Health Examination in AdultsMedical check-up — useful or useless?Medical check-up — useful or useless?Patientization of the PopulationUnanswered Questions about the Periodic Health ExaminationWALTER O. SPITZER, M.D., M.P.H., BRUCE P. BROWN, M.D.Policy Options and the Impact of National Health InsuranceWide band recording of the electrocardiogram and coronary heart diseasePeriodic Health Examinations and Mortality in the ElderlyScreening Techniques in General PracticeClinical and Biological Observations on Working MenTHE ANNUAL FIASCO (AMERICAN STYLE)Diabetes and heart disease: periodic health examination programs.WHO IS WORTH SCREENING FOR WHAT?The Medical Scholar and His DilemmaR. H. KAMPMEIER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Detection of coronary-prone subjects in a normal population by radioelectrocardiographic exercise testH. Studies Related to Occupational HealthREFERENCESPRESAGING CARDIAC PAINEVALUATION OF MEDICAL CAREAn Evaluation of the Periodic Health Examination: A Study of Factors Discriminating Between Survival and Death from Coronary Heart DiseaseSTANLEY S. SCHOR, PH.D., KENDALL A. ELSOM, M.D., KATHRINE O. ELSOM, M.D., JAMES P. DUNN, M.D. 1 December 1964Volume 61, Issue 6Page: 999-1005KeywordsDiagnostic medicineHospital medicineMedical servicesOilsPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1964 PDF downloadLoading ...