Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century : Statistics for Health Policy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1988.
Temas:
Older people > Care > Statistics.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Statistiques.
Older people > Care
Statistics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • ORIGIN OF THE STUDY
  • EARLY PANEL ACTIVITIES
  • CONCURRENT ACTIVITIES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 Introduction and Summary of Recommendations
  • BACKGROUND
  • HEALTH POLICY ISSUES
  • The Changing Policy Agenda
  • Implications for the Panel's Approach
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Priority Recommendations
  • General Recommendations
  • A Word about Costs
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • Structure of the Report
  • Chapter 2: Social, Economic, and Demographic Changes among the ElderlyChapters 3 and 4: Health Status, Quality of Life, and Health Transitions
  • Chapter 5: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Chapter 6: Quality of Care
  • Chapter 7: Long-term Care
  • Chapters 8 and 9: Financing and Utilization of Health Care Services
  • Chapter 10: Enhancing the Usefulness of National Statistical Systems
  • Chapter 11: Methodological and Statistical Issues
  • Projecting and Determining Statistical Needs
  • Information on the Healthy Elderly
  • Data on Functioning to Supplement Diagnostic InformationLongitudinal Data on the Elderly
  • Information on the Responsiveness of Both Acute and Long-term Care Systems
  • Better Information about Long-term Care Services
  • Data on Risk Factors for the Elderly
  • Better Data on Special Subgroups of the Elderly
  • Characteristics of Future Cohorts of Elderly
  • Important Data Bases Outside the Scope of the Report
  • 2 Social, Economic, and Demographic Changes among the Elderly
  • THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE POPULATION
  • Population Forecasts
  • Forecasts by SexForecasts by Race
  • Geographic Distribution of the Elderly Population
  • Marital Status and Living Arrangements
  • Education
  • Income
  • Labor Force Participation
  • Dependency Ratio
  • Morbidity Patterns
  • THE LIMITATIONS OF AVAILABLE DATA
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STUDY
  • 3 Health Status and Quality of Life
  • HEALTH STATUS
  • Characteristics of Health Status and Data
  • Successful Aging
  • Longevity Extension and Compression of Morbidity
  • Transitions from Morbidity to Disability and Mortality
  • The Need for Acute and Chronic Care
  • Determinants of Disease in Old AgeSpecial Characteristics of Illness Behavior in the Elderly
  • Underreporting of Health Conditions
  • Multiple Pathology
  • Atypical or Altered Presentation of Disease
  • HEALTH DATA
  • Major Sources of Health Statistics
  • The National Health Interview Survey
  • The NHIS Supplement on Aging
  • The Longitudinal Study on Aging
  • The Integrated System of Health Interview Surveys
  • The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
  • The NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Survey
  • Data on Cause of Death

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