The Demography of Health and Healthcare

By: Louis G. Pol, Richard K. Thomas

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Hardcover | 17 August 2012 | Edition Number 3

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Hardcover
312 Pages

Edition Type
Revised

Dimensions(cm)
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.91

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"Health demography" has come to play an increasingly important role within the larger field during the past twenty years; the number of health professionals who utilize its methods and materials has grown exponentially. In a thoroughgoing revision of the first and second edition of this classic text and reference, published by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers in 1992 and 2000, the authors convey the general principles that underlie this applied subdiscipline and demonstrate how the merging of demography and health care impacts on the planning processes of a range of health care organizations.From reviews of the First Edition: "At last! ...a book on health demography which draws together these two important and useful disciplines... and provides a central resource for students as well as professionals who need access to demographic methods, measures, and concepts. ... [The authors] demonstrate the relevance and applicability of demographic principles to health care in a clear, thorough manner." (Applied Demography) "A well-written, effectively organized work that clarifies the role of health demography." (Choice) "The emphasis on the application of demographic concepts and methods to the understanding and solution of health care delivery problems... makes this an extremely useful book for health care marketers. ... [V]ery well written and organized.... [A] valuable reference book." (Journal of Health Care Marketing)

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From reviews of the earlier Editions:

"At last! ...a book on health demography which draws together these two important and useful disciplines... and provides a central resource for students as well as professionals who need access to demographic methods, measures, and concepts. ... The authors demonstrate the relevance and applicability of demographic principles to health care in a clear, thorough manner." (Applied Demography)

"A well-written, effectively organized work that clarifies the role of health demography." (Choice)

From the reviews of the third edition:

"The core element of this book is the explanation of health demography and its impact as a new discipline on the study of health and healthcare delivery. ... The audience is broad, ranging from public health, health policy, and sociology students, to epidemiologists, health planners, and health professionals practicing in the field. ... it includes more charts and graphs that represent enhanced knowledge of health demography. It is a nice addition to population health books." (Carole Ann Kenner, Doody's Review Service, October, 2012)

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