Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 3151 pages pt.8: Contains two compilations. a. "Health and Maternity Insurance Throughout the World," Feb. 1954, by Carl H. Farman, SSA (p. 2565-2629). b. "Hospital and Medical Care Programs in Great Britain, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia," Feb. 1954, by Martha D. Ring, PHS (p. 2631-3151) |
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... increases to 2 million persons . The resulting economic loss each year has been estimated at 1 billion man - days . The major diseases on which we have scheduled our hearings rank foremost among the diseases that cause this tremendous ...
... increases to 2 million persons . The resulting economic loss each year has been estimated at 1 billion man - days . The major diseases on which we have scheduled our hearings rank foremost among the diseases that cause this tremendous ...
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... increased by 8 years from 60 years to 68 years . Credit for these spectacular achievements are due to many factors ... increase in our life span . Many diseases that were highly prevalent only a few decades ago no longer present ...
... increased by 8 years from 60 years to 68 years . Credit for these spectacular achievements are due to many factors ... increase in our life span . Many diseases that were highly prevalent only a few decades ago no longer present ...
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... increase in the disability cost of these diseases . At a hospital rate of $ 12 a day , according to an estimate and exam- ple , 1 patient with chronic heart disease costs about $ 4,300 a year to maintain in a hospital . This would mean ...
... increase in the disability cost of these diseases . At a hospital rate of $ 12 a day , according to an estimate and exam- ple , 1 patient with chronic heart disease costs about $ 4,300 a year to maintain in a hospital . This would mean ...
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... increased from 25 to somewhere between 50 and 60. You realize that these are evaluations of a scientist's ability , and that is a pretty personal evaluation . The number of stable positions had increased from 3 to 7. Today we have ...
... increased from 25 to somewhere between 50 and 60. You realize that these are evaluations of a scientist's ability , and that is a pretty personal evaluation . The number of stable positions had increased from 3 to 7. Today we have ...
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... increase more and more - there are movements to develop programs which will help protect the identified rheumatic fever individual . And , in addition to that , efforts on a communitywide basis would help control streptococcal epidemics ...
... increase more and more - there are movements to develop programs which will help protect the identified rheumatic fever individual . And , in addition to that , efforts on a communitywide basis would help control streptococcal epidemics ...
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