Statistical Indicators of Medical Care: An Historical Note

Current information is plentiful on availability of Med care. Some information is also available for the last 50 yrs. The absolute numbers of MD's has increased, but the ratios to pop has decreased. Though the number of Med Sch's has declined, the quality of Sch's is difficult to meas...

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Published in:Journal of Health and Human Behavior 1962-07, Vol.3 (2), p.133-135
Main Author: Schnore, Leo F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Censuses
Hospital beds
Medical education
Medical schools
Medicine/Medicinal
Nurses
Nursing students
Patient care
Physicians
Population distributions
Research Notes and Observations
Statistics/Statistical/ Statistically
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Summary:Current information is plentiful on availability of Med care. Some information is also available for the last 50 yrs. The absolute numbers of MD's has increased, but the ratios to pop has decreased. Though the number of Med Sch's has declined, the quality of Sch's is difficult to measure. The mean/average size of Med Sch's has doubled. The per capita availability of hosp's has declined, but the number of hospital beds has quadrupled since 1909; the mean/average size of hosp's has thus doubled. Cost & increased urbanization are involved. There is no data on the conduct of Med services, but the absolute number of active professional graduate nurses shows almost a 10-fold increase, or a 5-fold increase on a per capita basis. Now there are 2 professional nurses per MD. More information is needed to indicate the more complicated org of contemporary medicine. AA.
ISSN:0095-9006
0022-1465
DOI:10.2307/2948937