"Health, United States, 2015 is the 39th report on the health
status of the nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services to the President
and the Congress of the United States in compliance with
Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was
compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS).
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 racial and ethnic health
disparities.."
Health, United States
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Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010
"This report examines the relationship between medical services utilization, health status, health insurance coverage, and other demographic and economic characteristics. Measurement of medical services
utilization includes the frequency of visits to medical doctors, nurses, and other medical providers; visits to
dentists and dental professionals; nights spent in a hospital; and use of prescription medication. Data about
health status are self-reported, where respondents rate their health according to one of five possible response
categories: “excellent,” “very good,” “good,” “fair,” or poor.” The demographic and economic characteristics
studied in this report include sex, race and ethnicity, age, family income,7 and insurance status. These demographic and economic characteristics may not have a causal relationship to health status and medical
services utilization..."
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010
utilization includes the frequency of visits to medical doctors, nurses, and other medical providers; visits to
dentists and dental professionals; nights spent in a hospital; and use of prescription medication. Data about
health status are self-reported, where respondents rate their health according to one of five possible response
categories: “excellent,” “very good,” “good,” “fair,” or poor.” The demographic and economic characteristics
studied in this report include sex, race and ethnicity, age, family income,7 and insurance status. These demographic and economic characteristics may not have a causal relationship to health status and medical
services utilization..."
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Medical Services Utilization: 2010
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