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Personal Author:
Bacon, Edward W. ; Kozak, Lola Jean ; Krzyżanowski, Michał ; Wojtyniak, Bogdan
Bacon, Edward W. ; Kozak, Lola Jean ; Krzyżanowski, Michał ; Wojtyniak, Bogdan Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) ; Państwowy Zakład Higieny (Poland). ǂb Zakład Statystiki Medycznej
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) ; Państwowy Zakład Higieny (Poland). ǂb Zakład Statystiki Medycznej Less -
Description:
This report presents national statistics on hospital use from the U.S. National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Polish General Hospital Morbidity Study. Comparisons are made of discharge rates, average lengths of stay, rates of patient care days, and fatality rates by sex, age, and diagnostic category. The similarities and differences between the two countries in population characteristics, health status, health services systems, and health care resources are also described.
Content Notes:
by Lola Jean Kozak and W. Edward Bacon, Division of Health Care Statistics, US. Nationai Center for Heaith Statistics, and Michal Krzyzanowski and Bogdan Wojtyniak, Department of Medical Statistics, Polish National Institute of Hygiene.

Also available via the World Wide Web.

Bibliography: p. 42-43.


Subject:
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Hospitals
Hospital Utilization
Medical Care
Public Health
Utilization

Series:
DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 88-1478 ; Vital and health statistics. Series 5, Comparative international vital and health statistics reports ; no. 2
DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 88-1478 ; Vital and health statistics. Series 5, Comparative international vital and health statistics reports ; no. 2 Less -
Document Type:
Journal Issue
Genre:
Statistics
Place as Subject:
Poland ; United States
Poland ; United States Less -
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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