Health Status
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Socioeconomic status and utilization of health care services in Canada and the United States: findings from a binational health survey.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: Building on Andersen's behavioral model for the utilization of health care services, we examined factors associated with utilization of physician and hospital services among adults in Canada and the United States, with a focus on ... Read more...

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

The concentration and persistence of health care expenditures and prescription drug expenditures in Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) have become a major concern for Medicare because of the increasing prevalence rate and the associated high cost of care. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the extent of concentration and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Status'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Socioeconomic status and utilization of health care services in Canada and the United States: findings from a binational health survey. 30 Oct 2009
• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• The concentration and persistence of health care expenditures and prescription drug expenditures in Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementias. 30 Oct 2009
• Factors influencing self-rated health in traffic-related mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture. 30 Oct 2009
• Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. 30 Oct 2009
• The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: an introduction. 30 Oct 2009
• Heritability of spinal pain and consequences of spinal pain: a comprehensive genetic epidemiologic analysis using a population-based sample of 15,328 twins ages 20-71 years. 13 Oct 2009
• The prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in people with psoriasis. 13 Oct 2009
• Skeletal health among African Americans with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis. 13 Oct 2009
• Knee osteoarthritis in obese women with cardiometabolic clustering. 13 Oct 2009
• Effect of a multimodal high intensity exercise intervention in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: randomised controlled trial. 11 Oct 2009
• Medical and psychosocial diagnoses in women with a history of intimate partner violence. 10 Oct 2009
• Economic sanctions towards North Korea. 7 Oct 2009
• [Sun, vitamin D and health] 6 Oct 2009
• Meeting the challenge of population ageing. 3 Oct 2009
• The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. 2 Oct 2009
• Ageing populations: the challenges ahead. Oct 2009
• Mortality, length of hospitalization, and costs associated with invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Factors contributing to utilization of health care services in Malaysia: a population-based study. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Status'

Definition: The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures.

Descriptor UI: D006304

Alternative terms: Health Status; Status, Health; Level of Health; Health Level; Health Levels;

Tree Number: I01.240.425; N01.224.425; N06.850.505.400.425;

History Note: 90(80); was see under HEALTH 1980-89

Technical Notes: no qualif