Research Catalog

Title

Assessing health and health care in Prince George's County / Nicole Lurie... [et al.] ; prepared for the Prince George's County Council.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lurie, Nicole
• Rand Corporation
• RAND Health

Description

xliii 174 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

Prince George's County, Maryland, faces the ongoing challenge of ensuring the health of its residents in the context of severe fiscal constraints. To help policymakers address this challenge, this report describes the demographic and health characteristics of Prince George's County residents; assesses health care system access and capacity within the county; and analyzes patterns of hospital and emergency department use.

Uniform Title

Technical report (Rand Corporation) TR-655.

Subject

• Health Status
• Health Services Needs and Demand
• Health Services Accessibility
• Health Behavior
• Health Services > utilization
• Health Services > supply & distribution
• Public health > Maryland > Prince George's County
• Health surveys > Maryland > Prince George's County
• Maryland
• Prince George's County (Md.) > Statistics, Medical

Genre/Form

• Statistics
• Medical statistics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Demographic characteristics of Prince George's County residents -- Health status -- Health behaviors and use of preventive care -- Barriers to health care access and utilization for adults -- Physician supply -- Hospital, emergency department, and safety-net clinic capacity -- Hospital quality -- Ambulatory care/sensitive hospitalizations and emergency department -- Visits -- Patterns of hospital inpatient and emergency department use -- Summary and policy implications.

ISBN

9780833046949 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009006089

OCLC

• 304078295
• SCSB-9929364

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library