The Demography of Health and Healthcare (4th Edition)
Current Perspectives on Applying Health Demography to Contemporary Issues
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Beschreibung
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolving field of health demography, examining how population dynamics shape health status, health behavior, and healthcare delivery. Integrating perspectives from demography, epidemiology, public health, and the social sciences, the book demonstrates how demographic forces influence contemporary health challenges and healthcare systems.
This thoroughly revised fourth edition reflects the profound changes that have transformed both populations and healthcare over the past three decades. New discussions address population aging, declining fertility, migration, health disparities, chronic disease, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging global demographic challenges. The book's applied approach shows how demographic concepts, data, and analytical tools can be used to understand healthcare utilization, evaluate programs, support planning, and inform health policy.
Written for students, researchers, and practitioners in demography, public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, and related fields, this text bridges theory and practice through contemporary examples and real-world applications. It is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the demographic forces that continue to reshape health and healthcare in the twenty-first century.
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolving field of health demography, examining how population dynamics shape health status, health behavior, and healthcare delivery. Integrating perspectives from demography, epidemiology, public health, and the social sciences, the book demonstrates how demographic forces influence contemporary health challenges and healthcare systems.
This thoroughly revised fourth edition reflects the profound changes that have transformed both populations and healthcare over the past three decades. New discussions address population aging, declining fertility, migration, health disparities, chronic disease, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging global demographic challenges. The book's applied approach shows how demographic concepts, data, and analytical tools can be used to understand healthcare utilization, evaluate programs, support planning, and inform health policy.
Written for students, researchers, and practitioners in demography, public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, and related fields, this text bridges theory and practice through contemporary examples and real-world applications. It is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the demographic forces that continue to reshape health and healthcare in the twenty-first century.
Offers an updated view and a current perspective on the applications of health demography to contemporary issues Includes new and additional research as well as an additional chapter on the future of health demography Revised, updated and enhanced edition
Autor*in
Louis G. Pol
Themen in »The Demography of Health and Healthcare (4th Edition)«
Health Demography Population Size, Distribution and Concentration Population Composition Human Fertility Human Mortality Human Migration Human Morbidity Data Sources for Health Demography Demographic Correlates of Health Status International Perspectives in Health Demography Health Demography and Public Policy Demographic Change and the Future of Healthcare