Chronic Illness in the United States. / Volume IV, : Chronic Illness in the United States, Volume IV: Chronic Illness in a Large City — The Baltimore Study ; The Baltimore Study.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Commission on Chronic Illness,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1957
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Commonwealth Fund Publications ; 139
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (620 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- PART I. Perspective -- CHAPTER 1. STUDYING THE PROBLEM OF CHRONIC ILLNESS -- CHAPTER 2. PLAN OF THE STUDY -- PART II. The Volume and Character of Chronic Disease (Clinical Findings) -- CHAPTER 3. PREVALENCE OF ALL CHRONIC DISEASES AND DISABILITY IN THE POPULATION -- CHAPTER 4. PREVALENCE OF SELECTED DISEASES, THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND DISABLING EFFECTS -- CHAPTER 5. PREVALENCE OF DENTAL CONDITIONS -- PART III. Needs for Care and Rehabilitation -- CHAPTER 6. ESTIMATING NEEDS FOR CARE -- CHAPTER 7. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION -- CHAPTER 8. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 9. ESTIMATED NEEDS FOR CARE OF A HIGH DISABILITY GROUP -- CHAPTER 10. ESTIMATED NEEDS OF A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE FOR THREE ITEMS OF CARE -- CHAPTER 11. ATTITUDES TOWARD HEALTH CONDITIONS -- PART IV. Screening -- CHAPTER 12. SCREENING FOR CHRONIC DISEASE -- PART V. Disability Reported by the General Population -- CHAPTER 13. DISABILITY REPORTED IN HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEWS -- PART VI. Methods of Studying Chronic Disease in the General Population -- CHAPTER 14. THE HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW IN STUDIES OF PREVALENCE–AN EVALUATION -- CHAPTER 15. ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS ON METHODOLOGY -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A. THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY–METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX Β. THE CLINICAL EVALUATION–METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX C. THE CLINICAL EVALUATION–SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON STATISTICAL PROCEDURES -- APPENDIX D. THE SCREENING CLINIC–METHODOLOGY AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION -- APPENDIX E. HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW SURVEY–ADDITIONAL STATISTICAL TABLES AND DEFINITIONS -- APPENDIX F. CLINICAL EVALUATION–ADDITIONAL STATISTICAL TABLES -- APPENDIX G. HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW AND CLINICAL EVALUATION COMPARED–ADDITIONAL STATISTICAL TABLES -- APPENDIX H. CLINICAL EVALUATION–FORMS AND WORK MATERIALS (INCLUDING DENTAL MATERIAL) -- APPENDIX I. MULTIPLE SCREENING–FORMS AND WORK MATERIALS -- APPENDIX J. MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES -- INDEX