Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Jan 2003
Avoidable hospitalisation rates in Singapore, 1991-1998: assessing trends and inequities of quality in primary care.
To assess avoidable hospitalisation as an indicator of quality of primary care by examining trends and gender and ethnic variations. ⋯ Gender and ethnic differences and declining trends in avoidable hospitalisation demonstrated in this study suggest that avoidable hospitalisation rates are a sensitive indicator for assessing quality of primary ambulatory care.
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"Screening is the systematic application of a test or inquiry, to identify individuals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to benefit from further investigation or direct preventive action, among persons who have not sought medical attention on account of symptoms of that disorder."
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Nov 2002
Measuring the health burden of chronic disease and injury using health adjusted life expectancy and the Health Utilities Index.
To estimate the burden of illness from chronic disease and injury using a population based health survey, which contains both measures of chronic disease and a utility based health related quality of life (HRQOL) measure. ⋯ Health adjusted life expectancy estimated for chronic conditions using a utility based measure of health related quality of life from population health surveys addresses several limitations of previous studies that estimate the burden of disease using either a categorical measure of disability or expert opinion and related epidemiological evidence.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Nov 2002
Descriptive epidemiology of body mass index of an urban adult population in western India.
To describe height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the adult urban population in Mumbai, western India and to estimate the prevalence and severity of thinness and overweight in this population. To describe the association of BMI with education, age, and tobacco habits in an urban Indian population. ⋯ Sequelae of thinness and overweight represent major public health problems. The results of this study, indicating an equal prevalence of thinness and overweight in an urban area and their association with age, level of education, and tobacco use raise concerns of an emerging public health crisis in urban India.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Nov 2002
Biography Historical ArticleHealth services and the public health.
The 16th Duncan Memorial Lecture. Given at Henry Cohen lecture theatre, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, UK on Wednesday 25 November 1998 by Professor Sir Liam J Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England.