Sociomedical Health Indicators

Foreword Odin Anderson Preface David Mechanic PART 1: Social and Behavioral Criteria Introduction to the Theme: Sociomedical Health Indicators Jack Elinson The Sickness Impact Profile: Conceptual Formulation and Methodology for the Development of a Health Status Measure Marilyn Bergner and Ruth A. Bobbitt with Shirley Kressel, William E. Pollard, Betty S. Gilson, and Joanne R. Morris Unmet Needs as Sociomedical Indicators Willine Carr and Samuel Wolfe Propositions on Social Disability Joseph Greenblum Evaluation of Health Care Quality by Consumers Howard R. Kelman Constructing Social Metrics for Health Status Indexes Donald L. Patrick PART 2: Measures Related to Life Stage Reproductive Efficiency as a Social Indicator Charlotte Muller, Frederick S. Jaffe, and Mary Grace Kovar Indicators of Health Status in Adolescence Ann F. Brunswick A Measure of Primary Sociobiological Functions Sidney Katz and C. Amechi Akpom PART 3: Some Applications of Sociomedical Health Indicators Health Indexes Sensitive to Medical Care Variation Carlos J.M. Martini, G.J. Boris Allan, Jan Davison, and E. Maurice Backett PART 4: Sociodental Indicators Toward The Formulation of Sociodental Indicators Lois K. Cohen and John D. Jago PART 5: Perspectives Comments on Health Indicators: Methodological Perspectives Thomas W. Bice A Classification of Sociomedical Health Indicators: Perspectivesfor Health Administrators and Health Planners Athilia E. Siegmann Contributors