Data collected primarily for epidemiologic purposes can be used to address questions concerning medical care for cancer in the United States. This was done directly for the period 1969-71 through an interview survey of a sample of cancer patients ide...

Israel represents a developed country as far as demand and consumption of health services are concerned. The analysis of the Israeli health system reveals a significant trend of expansion in the intensity and the utilization of health services as wel...

Data from the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Study in Baltimore, Md., are used to illustrate the association between alcohol, drug abuse, and mental disorder diagnoses with health service use. A probability sample of 3,481 adult (age 18 and ...

Gynecomastia may occur as a normal physiologic development at certain ages or as a result of a variety of pathological conditions. An outbreak of gynecomastia was investigated at two processing centers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I...

In 1900, approximately 25 percent of all deaths occurred in people 65 years of age and over, while today the age at death has been pushed back so that, by 1980, 30 percent of deaths occurred in those over age 80. The greatest declines in age-specific...

In the period 1970 through 1979, the Coxsackie B1, B2, B3, B4, and B5 viruses constituted 24 percent of more than 18,000 enteroviruses isolated and reported through national surveillance. Young children, especially males, were most frequently affecte...

In 1972 the Congress extended Medicare coverage to all persons under age 65 suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD). The intent of this law (PL 92-603, the Social Security Amendments of 1972) was to allow all Americans access to an emerging and...

Dentists in general practice were surveyed by mail questionnaire to determine the actions they were taking to promote cigarette smoking cessation among their patients. Findings are based on replies from 376 of the 466 dentists in western New York Sta...

The concept of primary care in the Kupat Holim Health Insurance Institution encompasses all the stages of health: the promotion of health, personal preventive care, curative care, and rehabilitation in the community. Primary care is, thus, the founda...

An important national health goal is to reduce morbidity attributable to birth defects and developmental disabilities. Population-based surveillance has made notable contributions toward preventing these problems; it is also useful in monitoring chan...

Problems in genetic services in Israel are discussed from four vantage points: genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, genetics and the mentally retarded child, and genetic counseling. Emphasis is given to issues unique to Israel, and recommendations ...