The Poverty of Health Data on the Aged in the 1980 Census
Authors: JOAN CORNONI-HUNTLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1980)

Editorials1 March 1980The Poverty of Health Data on the Aged in the 1980 CensusJOAN CORNONI-HUNTLEY, PH.D., DOUGLAS A. PARKER, PH.D., JACOB A. BRODY, M.D.JOAN CORNONI-HUNTLEY, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, DOUGLAS A. PARKER, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, JACOB A. BRODY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-92-3-424 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe United States today has an estimated 24 and one-half million persons 65 years of age and older and expects to have 30 and one-half million in the year 2000. To provide medical care to the increasing proportion of older Americans in our society, we shall need demographic and health information that describes that population.Physicians will be seeing these older persons in all phases of their practice, and federal, state, and local governments as well as private organizations will be planning and initiating health-care programs for them. These activities should be based on knowledge of the anticipated population that...References1. WRIGHT C. The History and Growth of the U.S. Census. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1900. (Document No. 194). Google Scholar2. House Report of Committees, 28th Congress, First Session, vol. 3, No. 580. Google Scholar3. CANNELLFOWLER CF. A Study of the Reporting of Visits to Doctors in the National Health Survey. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Survey Research Center, University of Michigan; October 1963. Mimeographed. Google Scholar4. . Reporting of Hospitalization in the Health Interview Survey. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office; July 1965. (Vital and Health Statistics. PHS Publication No. 1000, series 2, no. 6). Google Scholar5. . Interview Data on Chronic Conditions Compared with Information Derived from Medical Records. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office; May 1967. (Vital and Health Statistics. PHS Publication No. 1000, series 2, no. 23). Google Scholar6. . Health Interview Responses Compared with Medical Records. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office; July 1965. (Vital and Health Statistics. PHS Publication No. 1000, series 2, no. 7). Google Scholar7. MADDOXDOUGLAS GE. Self-assessment of health: a longitudinal study of elderly subjects. J Health Soc Behav. 1973;4:87-93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FILLENBAUM G. Social context and self-assessment among the elderly. J Health Soc Behav. 1979;20:45-51. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. PFEIFFER E, ed. Multidimensional Functional Assessment: The OARS Methodology. A Manual. Durham, North Carolina: Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University; 1975. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1980Volume 92, Issue 3Page: 424-425KeywordsHealth information technology Issue Published: 1 March 1980 PDF DownloadLoading ...