Download or read book Survey of Sickness and Disability written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Survey of Sickness and Disability written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (84) S. 3076.

Download or read book In Sickness and In Health written by Richard K. Thomas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing importance of sickness and disability data across health-related disciplines is the focus of this concise but comprehensive resource. It reviews the basics of morbidity at the population level by defining core concepts, analyzing why morbidity has overtaken mortality as central to demographic study, and surveying ways these data are generated, accessed, and measured. Subsequent chapters demonstrate how this knowledge can be used to better understand—and potentially solve—critical public health issues, benefitting not only populations served, but also areas such as health services planning, resource allocation, and health policy-setting. To make this material useful to the most readers, this reference: Explains why and how morbidity data are categorized by health professionals and other data users. Examines various methods of identifying and measuring morbidity data. Identifies demographic and non-demographic factors associated with morbidity. Describes and evaluates sources of U.S. morbidity data. Reviews the current state of morbidity in the U.S., and what it means for healthcare and society in general. Suggests future uses of morbidity data in reducing health disparities and improving population health. In Sickness and In Health is uniquely relevant to demographers and demography students, public health professionals, and epidemiologists. Its presentation of concepts and applications makes the book a valuable classroom text and a useful guide for those addressing challenges facing U.S. healthcare.

Download or read book Continuing Survey and Special Studies of Sickness and Disability in the United States written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Continuing Survey and Special Studies of Sickness and Disability in the United States written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Towards Best Practices for Surveying People with Disabilities written by Thilo Kroll and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this book focus on three central themes: Current Challenges in Survey Development for People with Disabilities; Strategies to Promote Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Survey Development; and Issues for Future Development.The book is primarily a book for researchers and practitioners in the disability field. Since the topics presented in the book crosscut multiple disciplines and thus may be suited for students and experts of various disciplines. It hopefully also finds many interested readers among students and teachers of medical, social and disability sciences studies at colleges and universities. While some chapters highlight the currently unresolved barriers towards obtaining accurate measurements for certain disability populations, others introduce innovative ways to plan for and to conduct inclusive surveys. In many instances, the work presented is work in progress and as such it is important in that it is expected to stimulate debate and future research work.

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Download or read book Integrating Measurements of Disability in Federal Surveys written by and published by National Center for Health Statistics. This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DHHS Publication PHS 2002-1469. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 4, No. 32 Documents and Committee Reports. By Thomas Hale, et al. Containst he proceedings of the session on "Integrating Comparable Measures of Disability in Federal Surveys" from the seminar "Integrating Federal Statistical Information and Practices." Also contains remarks of the sessions' two discussants.

Download or read book Pain and Disability written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painâ€"it is the most common complaint presented to physicians. Yet pain is subjectiveâ€"it cannot be measured directly and is difficult to validate. Evaluating claims based on pain poses major problems for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and other disability insurers. This volume covers the epidemiology and physiology of pain; psychosocial contributions to pain and illness behavior; promising ways of assessing and measuring chronic pain and dysfunction; clinical aspects of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation; and how the SSA's benefit structure and administrative procedures may affect pain complaints.

Download or read book Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. This report analyzes health care utilizations as they relate to impairment severity and SSA's definition of disability. Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination identifies types of utilizations that might be good proxies for "listing-level" severity; that is, what represents an impairment, or combination of impairments, that are severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful activity, regardless of age, education, or work experience.