Main description:

Includes a series of fact-filled articles aimed at replacing blind faith in the effectiveness of health services with objective standards for health care delivery. This title is intended for various health care practitioners.

Contents:

Foreword Odin Anderson

Preface David Mechanic

PART 1: Social and Behavioral Criteria
Introduction to the Theme: Sociomedical Health Indicators Jack Elinson
The Sickness Impact Profile: Conceptual Formulation and Methodology for the Development of a Health Status Measure Marilyn Bergner and Ruth A. Bobbitt with Shirley Kressel, William E. Pollard, Betty S. Gilson, and Joanne R. Morris
Unmet Needs as Sociomedical Indicators Willine Carr and Samuel Wolfe
Propositions on Social Disability Joseph Greenblum
Evaluation of Health Care Quality by Consumers Howard R. Kelman
Constructing Social Metrics for Health Status Indexes Donald L. Patrick

PART 2: Measures Related to Life Stage
Reproductive Efficiency as a Social Indicator Charlotte Muller, Frederick S. Jaffe, and Mary Grace Kovar
Indicators of Health Status in Adolescence Ann F. Brunswick
A Measure of Primary Sociobiological Functions Sidney Katz and C. Amechi Akpom

PART 3: Some Applications of Sociomedical Health Indicators
Health Indexes Sensitive to Medical Care Variation Carlos J.M. Martini, G.J. Boris Allan, Jan Davison, and E. Maurice Backett

PART 4: Sociodental Indicators
Toward The Formulation of Sociodental Indicators Lois K. Cohen and John D. Jago

PART 5: Perspectives
Comments on Health Indicators: Methodological Perspectives Thomas W. Bice
A Classification of Sociomedical Health Indicators: Perspectivesfor Health Administrators and Health Planners Athilia E. Siegmann Contributors