The Demography of Health and Healthcare Third Edition /

• Main Authors: Pol, Louis G. (Author), Thomas, Richard K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
• Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 13
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Population.; Sociology.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Public Health.; Population Economics.; Sociology, general.

In this 3rd edition of the definitive work on health demography, Pol and Thomas offer an updated view of the field and a current perspective on the applications of health demography to contemporary issues.  The significance of health demography within the field of population studies has continued to...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Health Demography: An Evolving Discipline
• 2. Health and Healthcare: An Introduction
• 3. Population Size, Distribution and Concentration.- 4. Population Composition
• 5. Fertility
• 6. Mortality
• 7. Migration.- 8. Morbidity. 9. Data Sources for Health Demography
• 10. The Demographic Correlates of Health Status.-11. Demographic Correlates of Health Behavior
• 12. Health Demography and Public Policy
• Index.