Morbidity

Louis G. Pol and Richard K. Thomas
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Louis G. Pol: University of Nebraska, College of Business Administration
Richard K. Thomas: The University of Mississippi, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Chapter Chapter 8 in The Demography of Health and Healthcare, 2013, pp 151-180 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Morbidity, in its simplest term, refers to the level of sickness and disability characterizing a population. Demographers traditionally have focused on the impact of mortality (the end result of morbidity) on populations, and only in recent years has the emphasis shifted more in the direction of morbidity as morbidity has come to play a greater role in shaping demographic characteristics.

Keywords: Chronic Condition; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Acute Condition; Administrative Record; Morbidity Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8903-8_8

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