To elaborate and refine a previously devised method for quantifying the relationship between perceived and objectively determined dental disease, data on a random sample of 588 patients in two towns in England were analyzed. The data included the num...

While home health services have traditionally been an underused component of the health care system, current trends suggest the desirability of expanding these services. These trends include an increase in the number of elderly who need the benefits ...

Measures of prior school experience, motivation for working in a health care job, and personality were evaluated as potential predictors of success in Navy paramedical training. When, by multiple regression procedures, years of school completed, numb...

To determine the degree to which enrollees of the Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan were representative of the community the plan was designed to serve, a telephone survey of 1,838 households in the 30-township area was undertaken. The respons...

Many health and welfare programs are based on a model in which services needed by consumers are identified by one agency with referral to others for provision of services. The referring agency often does not know whether the services recommended are ...