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020 _a083300123X (pbk.)
027 _aRAND/R-2262/5-HHS
035 _a(Sirsi) a410653
037 _c$25.00
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _an-us---
050 4 _aRA407.3
_b.C661 1981
245 0 0 _aConceptualization and measurement of physiologic health for adults.
_nVol. 5,
_pcongestive heart failure /
_cMarc Rosenthal ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1981.
300 _axix, 79 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHealth insurance experiment series
500 _a"September 1981."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 77-79).
520 _aCongestive 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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aChronic diseases
_zUnited States
_vStatistics.
650 0 _aCongestive heart failure
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aHealth status indicators
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aHealth surveys
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aInsurance, Health
_zUnited States
_vStatistics.
650 2 _aChronic Disease
_xAdult.
650 2 _aHealth Surveys
_zUnited States.
650 2 _aHeart Failure, Congestive.
650 2 _aInsurance, Health
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aRosenthal, Marc,
_d1952-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aLohr, Kathleen N.,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aRubenstein, Randi S.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aGoldberg, George A.,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBrook, Robert H.
_q(Robert Henry),
_d1943-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Health and Human Services.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2262.5/
999 _c597379
_d597379