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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Recent surveys show that each day 134 million persons out of our civilian population between the ages of 14 to 64 , estimated at 98 million , have been disabled from chronic diseases for more than a year . In the case of disabilities ...
Recent surveys show that each day 134 million persons out of our civilian population between the ages of 14 to 64 , estimated at 98 million , have been disabled from chronic diseases for more than a year . In the case of disabilities ...
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For example , at the beginning of the century , 268 persons out of every million Americans could expect to contact typhoid fever and ultimately to die of this disease . Today , the death rate from this dis- ease is one person out of ...
For example , at the beginning of the century , 268 persons out of every million Americans could expect to contact typhoid fever and ultimately to die of this disease . Today , the death rate from this dis- ease is one person out of ...
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In the Navy alone , in World War II , 4 million man - days were lost because of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease . The actual or potential manpower contribution - to defense or the Nation's general productiveness of 1 person ...
In the Navy alone , in World War II , 4 million man - days were lost because of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease . The actual or potential manpower contribution - to defense or the Nation's general productiveness of 1 person ...
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This would mean that if 50,000 patients - and that is not an excessive number — with heart disease received hospital care for a year , the cost would , in 1 year , equal $ 219 million for the hospital care of these patients .
This would mean that if 50,000 patients - and that is not an excessive number — with heart disease received hospital care for a year , the cost would , in 1 year , equal $ 219 million for the hospital care of these patients .
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It was $ 1.3 million , approximately . The number of able investigators had 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 .
It was $ 1.3 million , approximately . The number of able investigators had 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 .
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| Title | Health Inquiry: Heart disease, cancer Part 1 of Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First and [-second] Sessions, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Part 1 of Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First[-second] Session, on the Causes, Control, and Remedies of the Principal Deseases of Mankind, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 3151 pages |
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