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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1983
The first years of life are crucial in both laying the foundations of good health and improving the quality of life. Of the 125 million children born in 1979 12 million mostly in developing nations were thought unlikely to live to see their 1st birthdays.
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The first years of life are crucial in both laying the foundations of good health and improving the quality of life. Of the 125 million children born in 1979 12 million mostly in developing nations were thought unlikely to live to see their 1st birthdays.
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The Lancet, 2000
PIP: In the paper by Kasturi Sen and Ruth Bonita, it is argued that the global rapid demographic and risk factor changes will lead to an increase in the heavy burden of noncommunicable diseases in the absence of preventive action. However, it should be emphasized that noncommunicable diseases are already well established in less developed countries ...
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PIP: In the paper by Kasturi Sen and Ruth Bonita, it is argued that the global rapid demographic and risk factor changes will lead to an increase in the heavy burden of noncommunicable diseases in the absence of preventive action. However, it should be emphasized that noncommunicable diseases are already well established in less developed countries ...
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Socioeconomic Status, Health, and Health Systems [PDF]
Pediatrics, 1997 There is abundant evidence that health status in the general population varies considerably with socioeconomic status.1-4 In this issue of Pediatrics , McConnochie et al5 add to this literature by demonstrating striking differences in hospitalization of young infants within the fairly discrete confines of metropolitan Rochester, New York.
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Health Status And Health Care Utilization
Health Affairs, 1986In each issue of Health Affairs the trends of a significant quarter of the health sphere are tracked.
Meei-shia Chen +2 more
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Socioeconomic status and health. The challenge of the gradient.
American Psychologist, 1994Socioeconomic status (SES) is consistently associated with health outcomes, yet little is known about the psychosocial and behavioral mechanisms that might explain this association. Researchers usually control for SES rather than examine it.
N. Adler +7 more
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Health status in allergic rhinitis
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2000Although valid and reliable instruments exist to measure the quality of life of allergic rhinitis patients, a statistically sensitive and clinically meaningful way to evaluate patients undergoing immunotherapy has not been reported. A 21‐site prospective, observational study was performed in a population of consecutive patients with allergic rhinitis ...
Yuchiao Chang +5 more
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2003
Physicians treat patients either to extend their survival or to make them feel better. Quantifying this latter objective is the purpose of health status assessment; the evaluation of patients’ perceptions of their symptoms, functioning, and quality of life. This chapter defines health status, reviews the types of health status instruments available and
John A. Spertus, Mark W. Conard
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Physicians treat patients either to extend their survival or to make them feel better. Quantifying this latter objective is the purpose of health status assessment; the evaluation of patients’ perceptions of their symptoms, functioning, and quality of life. This chapter defines health status, reviews the types of health status instruments available and
John A. Spertus, Mark W. Conard
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Health Behaviors and Health Status
2013Healthy and fit service members are critical to a ready and effective military force. Many factors affect the health of military personnel such as exposure to disease and risk of illness and injury in the performance of their duties. In addition, lifestyle choices related to diet and nutrition, exercise, and substance use can have a positive or ...
Robert Bray +4 more
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Expenditures and health status among adults with back and neck problems.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2008CONTEXT Back and neck problems are among the symptoms most commonly encountered in clinical practice. However, few studies have examined national trends in expenditures for back and neck problems or related these trends to health status measures ...
B. Martin +6 more
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Nutrition, general health status and oral health status in hospitalised elders
Gerodontology, 1995Biological malnutrition was assessed and correlated with salivary flow rates and oral health in 99 elderly, hospitalised non‐psychiatric patients. The indicators of protein malnutrition used were arm circumference and serum albumin level and the indicators of energy malnutrition the body mass‐index and the triceps skin‐fold thickness.
Charles-Henri Rapin +4 more
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