Dental Education at the Crossroads
Dental Education at the Crossroads

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-01-12

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 0309176395

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Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

Health, United States, 2016, with Chartbook on Long-Term Trends in Health
Health, United States, 2016, with Chartbook on Long-Term Trends in Health

Author: National Center for Health Statistics

Publisher: U.S. Deptartment of Health and Human Services

Published: 2017-08-16

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780160939778

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This annual overview report of national trends in health statistics contains a Chartbook that assesses the nation's health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health-care expenditures. Chapters devoted to population characteristics, prevention, health risk factors, health care resources, personal health care expenditures, health insurance, and trend tables may provide the health/medical statistician, data analyst, biostatistician with additional information to complete experimental studies or provide necessary research for pharmaceutical companies to gain data for modeling and sampling. Undergraduate students engaged in applied mathematics or statistical compilations to graduate students completing biostatistics degree programs to include statistical inference principles, probability, sampling methods and data analysis as well as specialized medical statistics courses relating to epidemiology and other health topics may be interested in this volume. Related products: Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home or Other Long-Term Services & Supports available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/your-guide-choosing-nursing-home-or-other-long-term-services-supports Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2014 available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/health-insurance-coverage-united-states-2014 "Some System of the Nature Here Proposed": Joseph Lovell's Remarks on the Sick Report, Northern Department, U.S. Army, 1817, and the Rise of the Modern US Army Medical Department can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/some-system-nature-here-proposed-joseph-lovells-remarks-sick-report-northern-department-us Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2014: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (ePub) -Free digital eBook download available at the US Government Online Bookstore here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/guide-clinical-preventive-services-2014-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force --Also available for FREE digital eBook download from Apple iBookstore, BarnesandNoble.com (Nook Bookstore), Google Play eBookstore, and Overdrive -Please use ISBN: 9780160926426 to search these commercial platforms.

Health, United States
Health, United States

Author: Office of Public Health and Science

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2015-05-20

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780160924316

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This is the 37th annual report prepared for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The report includes a compilation of health data from state and federal health agencies and the private sector. Health, United States, 2013 features 135 tables on key health measures through 2012 from a number of sources within the federal government and in the private sector. The tables cover a range of topics, including birth rates and reproductive health, life expectancy and leading causes of death, health risk behaviors, health care utilization, and insurance coverage and health expenditures. The Health, United States series presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. The report contains a Chartbook that assesses the nation's health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures. This year's Chartbook includes a Special Feature on Prescription Drugs that contains an array of statistics. The report also contains 135 Trend Tables organized around four major subject areas: health status and determinants, health care utilization, health care resources, and health care expenditures. Keywords: Antibiotics; pain relievers; hydrocortisone; drug poisoning; acute pain; chronic pain; American Indian; Alaska Native; Hispanics; White/Caucasian; prescription drug spending; Affordable Care Act; ACA; insurance; private health insurance; private health insurance co-pays; co-pay spending; out-of-pocket spending; Medicare; Medicaid; Medicare Part D; physicians; dentists; nurses; nurse practitioners; cholesterol-lowering drugs; cardiovascular agents; high blood pressure; diabetes; heart disease; kidney disease; anti-acid reflux drugs; blood clots; depression and related disorders; Antidepresseants; Anticoagulants; Analgesics; Central nervous system stimulants; attention deficit disorder; ADD; ADHD; Black origin; Mexican origin; Influenza; Influenza vaccinations; Health care visits; community hospitals; nursing homes; Life expectancy; Motor-Vehicle related death rates; automobile deaths; teenage childbearing; teenage child-bearing; cigarette smoking; obesity; Obesity; Adult Obesity; Child Obesity; Overweight; Vaccinations; Emergency Department use; Emergency Department Visits; Dental Care; Personal Healthcare Spending; personal healthcare spending; personal health care spending; Personal Health care spending; long term treatment; long term treatment of chronic conditions; Uninsured adults; medications; medicine; medicines; prescribed medicines; prescribed drugs; prescription medicine; prescription medicines; healthcare costs; insurance costs; health insurance costs; medicine costs; prescription drug costs; doctors; mental health specialists; psychologists; psychologist; doctor; physician; nurse; dentist; internal medicine doctor; gynecologists; OB-GYN doctor;