Vol. 5 congestive heart failure Rosenthal, Marc 1952- author. Lohr, Kathleen N. 1941- author. Rubenstein, Randi S. author. Goldberg, George A. 1941- author. Brook, Robert H. (Robert Henry) 1943- author. Rand Corporation United States Department of Health and Human Services. text bibliography cau 1981 monographic eng

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xix, 79 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic, progressively debilitating condition that appears almost exclusively and not uncommonly among persons over 40 years of age. Data on its prevalence and adverse consequences are used in the Health Insurance Study (HIS) to evaluate the effects of different levels of health insurance on health status and quality of care because of its widespread prevalence, positive response to treatment, and impact on well-being. This volume reviews pertinent medical literature, details the HIS definition of CHF, describes HIS methods for measuring its presence and impact on people's lives, presents and discusses the enrollment data from the six HIS sites, and outlines quality-of-care criteria. Of 5,628 persons responding to CHF-related questions, 134 (2.4 percent) were classified as having the condition. CHF was the source of considerable deleterious impact on a person's life. Over 90 percent of those afflicted reported experiencing at least one negative consequence of their illness: worrying about the problem; suffering some pain; restricting their usual activities; or spending much of the day in bed. Marc Rosenthal ... [et al.]. "September 1981." Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-79). Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. n-us--- Chronic diseases United States Statistics Congestive heart failure United States Health status indicators United States Health surveys United States Insurance, Health United States Statistics Chronic Disease Adult Health Surveys United States Heart Failure, Congestive Insurance, Health United States RA407.3 .C661 1981 083300123X (pbk.) 79012711 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2262.5/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2262.5/ CstmoR 990607 rnd000000000093504