Third International Conference on System Science in Health Care: Troisième Conférence Internationale sur la Science des Systèmes dans le Domaine de la Santé

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Rationale for an International Conference on System Science in Health Care....Pages 2-5
Information Systems in Primary Health Care....Pages 6-10
Systems Modeling....Pages 11-14
Occupational Health: An International Overview (Summary)....Pages 15-18
Maternal and Child Health....Pages 19-21
Manpower Planning in Health Care: An Economist’s Perspective....Pages 22-29
Resource Planning....Pages 30-32
Long Term Planning: The Alternative Futures Approach....Pages 33-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
An Epidemiological Model for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)....Pages 40-43
Estimation of Cardiovascular Diseases Morbidity Using Mortality Data....Pages 44-47
Influence of Risk Factors and of Risk Factor Trends on Coronary Heart Disease Incidence in North and South European Cohorts....Pages 48-51
A Classification of Primary Hypertension for Use in Rehabilitation Administration and Research....Pages 52-55
A Comparative Study of Determining Risk Factors....Pages 56-58
Prevalence of Hypertension in an Industrial City of Catalonia, Spain....Pages 59-60
The Social Epidemiology of Alcohol Related Hypertension....Pages 61-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Towards Improved Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 68-71
Resumption of Employment Following Myocardial Infarction....Pages 72-77
Collaborative Study on Tolerance of Antihypertensive Drugs....Pages 78-79
Rational Strategy for Computer-based Improved Detection and Care of Hypertension and other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Health Care....Pages 80-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Evaluation de l’hôpital de jour en hypertension artérielle. Résultat d’une étude contrôlée....Pages 86-89
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Illness-specific Costs of Medical Care and the Problem of Multimorbidity: The Case of Hypertension....Pages 90-93
The Frequency of Blood Pressure Measurements in the Community During an Intensified Hypertension Programme....Pages 94-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Policy Analysis in Hypertension Management: A Synopsis....Pages 100-103
Cost-effectiveness of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in the Netherlands: Measurements of Effects....Pages 104-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Drinking Patterns among Urban Women....Pages 108-111
Life Styles and Drinking Behavior Among Urban Women in America....Pages 112-115
Youth and Drugs in Egypt: An Epidemiological Study....Pages 116-119
Rehabilitation of Skid-row Alcoholics Without Restricting the Availability of Alcohol....Pages 120-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Développement et validation d’un instrument d’évaluation des besoins des jeunes et de leur famille en santé mentale....Pages 124-128
Offre de soins et consommation psychiatrique....Pages 129-132
A Multi-Period Resource Planning Model for a Rehabilitation System....Pages 133-136
System Approaches to Mental Health: San Diego County, California USA....Pages 137-140
A Computer Simulation of a Mental Health Service System....Pages 141-145
The Components of a Knowledge-Based Strategy to Decrease the Frequency of Suicidal Behaviours....Pages 146-149
A Community Approach to the Treatment of the Chronically Mentally Ill....Pages 150-153
Evaluation of Mental Health Services in Italy on the Basis of Case Register Studies....Pages 154-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Evaluation of Risk Factors for Neurological Diseases and Mental Retardation in a Prospective Cohort Study....Pages 160-163
Interprétation du rapport du patient schizophrène à l’institution psychiatrique....Pages 164-167
Physical Health and Mental Well-Being of Unemployed - Results of a Longitudinal Survey in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 168-171
The Role of Life Events in Psychosocial Risk Constellations — Analyzed by Event-History Approaches....Pages 172-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Professional Decision Making in Health and Social Care Systems for the Elderly: a Cross Cultural Comparison....Pages 178-179
Nouveaux développements dans l’organisation de la gériatrie en Belgique....Pages 180-183
Study of Old Age Health Problems in a Rural Area of Delhi....Pages 184-187
Does the Family Care? - The Role of the Family in Elderly Care in Sweden....Pages 188-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
La systématisation des procédures d’admission des personnes agées dans les établissements et les programmes de soins et services intermédiaires et à domicile....Pages 194-198
Strategies for Assessing and Monitoring Appropriate Long Term Care for Elderly People....Pages 199-202
Alternative Structures to Institutions for the Provision of Social and Medical Care: A Study on the Economic and Social Opportunity of Keeping Old People at Home....Pages 203-205
Planning Services for the Elderly with a Data Bank on Services Requirement....Pages 206-208
Health Planning for the Elderly: Computer Assisted Planning....Pages 209-211
The Sundsvall Project - a Swedish Action Research Program for Improved Utilization of Recources in Elderly Care....Pages 212-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Confusion in the Older Adult: A Needs-based Assessment Tool....Pages 216-219
Patterns of Psychiatric Hospitalization of the Elderly Psychotic: A Canadian Experience....Pages 220-225
Sheltered Housing for the Elderly Chronically Mentally Ill....Pages 226-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Assessment of the Cognitively Impaired Homebound Elderly: A Tool for Health Care Providers for Strategic Care Planning....Pages 230-233
La dépendance, nouveau type d’information pour la gestion des établissements de long sejour....Pages 234-236
Assessment of the Dependency Level of Chronic Elderly Patients. Development and Use of a New Tool in Nursing Homes of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland....Pages 237-240
Le système de mesure de l’autonomie fonctionnelle: Description d’un instrument d’évaluation des handicaps....Pages 241-244
Le système de mesure de l’autonomie fonctionnelle: Etude de Validation....Pages 245-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Experiments in Preventive Care of the Elderly and their Evaluation....Pages 250-253
Approaches to Screening and Case-finding in Elderly Populations....Pages 254-257
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Problems in Measuring the Functioning of the Elderly: Historical Review of Functional Assessments (1940–1978)....Pages 258-264
Planification et gestion rationnelles en tant qu’approches préventives dans un système de soins et services pour les personnes agées: une étude de cas....Pages 265-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Type A Behavior as a Moderator of Job Stress and Outcome Relationship....Pages 272-275
The Importance of Medical Risks and Working Conditions as Determinants of Rheumatic Diseases....Pages 276-279
Subjective Description and “Objective” Classification of Jobs in Relation to Blood Pressure Level and Blood Pressure Variations....Pages 280-285
Rôle de l’environnement social et du milieu de travail sur l’hypertension artérielle et son traitement - étude de 7683 sujets....Pages 286-289
Une méthodologie pour l’appréciation des risques d’accident dans les ateliers et/ou sur les chantiers....Pages 290-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Epidemiological Uses of an Occupational Health Information System....Pages 294-297
The Use of Epidemiological Models in Planning Preventive Programmes in Occupational Health....Pages 298-301
Tâche complexe simulée et vigilance....Pages 302-305
Réinsertion sociale des handicapes physiques Résultat d’études systèmiques....Pages 306-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
An Analytical Treatment of Potential Hazard and Risk Assessment for Environmental Chemicals....Pages 312-313
Air Pollution in Bavaria — A Pilot Study with a Random Sample of Physicians in Ambulatory Care....Pages 314-317
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Smoking in Catalonia, Spain....Pages 318-321
Intervention publique d’un département de santé communautaire en vue d’établir les risques versus les bénéfices d’un programme massif d’épandage aérien d’insecticides....Pages 322-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Qualité de données administratives jumelées pour fins d’évaluation d’impact en sécurité routiére....Pages 328-332
Medical Economics of Victims....Pages 333-337
L’environnement domestique de l’enfant (de l’accident réel à l’évaluation des facteurs potentiels de risque)....Pages 338-341
Homeostatic Mechanisms in the Causation of Mortality due to Traffic Accidents and Lifestyle-dependent Disease....Pages 342-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Does it Pay to have Breast Cancer Screening? — A Case for Decision-Tree Analysis....Pages 348-351
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Early Cancer Detection Programmes....Pages 352-355
Cost Effectiveness in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin....Pages 356-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Formal Descriptive Methods for Use in Cancer Follow-up Procedures....Pages 362-365
Cooperative Documentation of Childhood Malignancies in the FRG — A Model of Combined Population — and Hospital-Based Registry....Pages 366-369
The Cancer Registry of the Department of Radiation Treatment at the Tumorzentrum Passau....Pages 370-373
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
The Dependence of the Success of Smoking Cessation Treatment Methods on Medical, Psychological, and Sociological Factors....Pages 376-381
Risk Factors of Cervical Dysplasia Among Egyptian Women....Pages 382-385
Le carcinome nasopharyngien au Maroc - Approche épidémiologique....Pages 386-389
Drinking Water Pollutants and Risk of Cancer Incidence....Pages 390-393
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
CADIAG-2/PANCREAS: An Artificial Intelligence System Based on Fuzzy Set Theory to Diagnose Pancreatic Diseases....Pages 396-399
Computer-Aided Diagnostic Decision-Making for Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases....Pages 400-403
SIMPHYS: A Knowledge Base System in Syndrome Diagnostics....Pages 404-409
Modelling of Some Venereal Disease Prevalence....Pages 410-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Expert Systems in Epidemiology: An Aid to Decision Making....Pages 414-418
Hazard: An Expert System....Pages 419-422
Optimal Frequency of Examinations Aimed at Detecting Pre-Symptomatic Disease....Pages 423-425
Planning the End Stage Renal Disease Program with the Aid of a Markov-Chain....Pages 426-429
Front Matter....Pages 430-430
Using a Model to Define Data Needed for Policymaking: An Application to End-Stage Renal Disease....Pages 432-435
Economic Evaluation of Cimetidine....Pages 436-439
Optimal Organization of the Respiratory System Therapy in Salt Mines and Caves....Pages 440-443
Front Matter....Pages 430-430
The Possible Relationship Between Coping Mechanisms, Meaning of the Illness and the Course of a Chronic Disease....Pages 444-447
The Stress Response System in Health/Illness....Pages 448-451
Front Matter....Pages 453-453
Breast Self Examination as a Screening Procedure....Pages 454-457
Increasing the Practice of Preventive Medicine in a Clinical Setting....Pages 458-462
Roc Analysis of Mammography Alone and in Combination with Clinical Palpation for Breast Cancer Screening....Pages 463-466
Décision thérapeutique: Problèmes posés par l’utilisation de la connaissance pronostique....Pages 467-470
Mathematical Optimization Techniques for Moving Field Radiation Treatment Design....Pages 471-474
A Mathematical Model for Individualized Dosage....Pages 475-478
The Use of a Mathematical Model of Tumor Response for the Testing of Strategies in Cancer Chemotherapy....Pages 479-483
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
Multidisease Syndrome in the Developing Nations....Pages 486-486
Calculation of Recurrence Risk for Multifactorial Disease for Given Trait....Pages 487-490
Individual Oral Health Status - Delivery System Dependencies and Personal Health Behaviour....Pages 491-496
Current Analysis of the Immunogenetic Risk Factors in the s.c. Rheumatic Disorders....Pages 497-500
Goals and Contents of Oral-Epidemiological Research in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 501-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Early Detection of Septicemia in Burnt Patients....Pages 506-508
Evaluation of an Immunodiagnostic Test Based on the Use of Wuchereria bancrofti Mf ES Antigen in ELISA for Bancroftian Filariasis....Pages 509-510
On Response Errors in Neuromotor Examinations of Preschool Children....Pages 511-515
On the Predictive Value of Neuromotor Findings in Preschool Children....Pages 516-520
Front Matter....Pages 521-521
Breaking the Tuberculosis Cycle: Another Look at the Impact of Chemotherapy....Pages 522-527
The Cost-Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Sweden....Pages 528-531
Front Matter....Pages 521-521
The Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Chest Radiography Screening for Tuberculosis in France....Pages 532-535
Poliovirus Vaccination in Egypt....Pages 536-540
Front Matter....Pages 541-541
A Production Function Model of the Maternity Hospital....Pages 542-545
Evaluation of a Rural, Integrated Health and Socio-Economic Development Programme in North Arcot District, Tamil Nadu, India....Pages 546-549
Intersectoral Policy Considerations and Maternal and Child Health....Pages 550-553
Evaluation of Cost Efficacy of Social Measures for Prevention of Preterm Birth....Pages 554-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Reorganization and Coordination of Existing Resources Through High Risk Approach For the Care of Pregnant Mothers in Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan....Pages 558-560
Model of the Demand and of the Resources Needs for Special Education. Case Study for the Handicapped Children in the School Age....Pages 561-565
Perinatal Statistics and the Development of a Paediatric Computer Model for Improving Neonatal Care....Pages 566-569
Un registre informatisé de vaccinations pour répondre à la diversité de vaccinateurs....Pages 570-573
Front Matter....Pages 575-576
Quality Assessment of Antenatal Care by the Tracer Method....Pages 577-580
Psychomotric Development of Low-Birth-Weight Infants - Methods and Preliminary Results....Pages 581-583
A Ten Year Study of Trends in Births and Related Factors of Three Different Racial Groups in a Large Teaching Hospital....Pages 584-586
Assessment of Possible Risk for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Based on the Evaluation of Respiratory Pattern and Ventilatory Controll Mechanisms....Pages 587-591
High Risk Pregnancies: Multivariate Approach to Fetal Morbidity....Pages 592-596
Possibilities for the Process and the Outcome Investigation in Diabetes and High-Risk Pregnancy....Pages 597-599
The Effect of Unwanted Pregnancy on Child Development - A Follow-up Study of Boys and Girls at the Age of Sixteen....Pages 600-603
The Process of Handicapping Families of Children with Disability: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of American and Canadian Populations....Pages 604-607
Neonatal Stabilization Score (NSS): A Predictive Auditing Tool of Mortality Outcome in Transported Newborns ≤ 1000 Gm. at Birth....Pages 608-611
Who Gets Amniocentesis? Utilization of Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis by Reg. Bez. Münster Residents....Pages 612-614
Front Matter....Pages 575-576
Organisation de la surveillance en Europe: la place de l’obstétricien, du généraliste et de la sage-femme....Pages 615-617
A System Dynamic Approach to Family Planning and Health Services: The Bangladesh Case....Pages 618-621
Etude d’Indicateurs pour l’Evaluation d’Actions Préventives pendant la grossesse....Pages 622-625
Front Matter....Pages 627-627
Multiple Hospital Systems in the United States: A Network Analysis of their Institutional Structures....Pages 628-632
La départementalisation dans les hôpitaux français....Pages 633-636
The Substitution of Outpatient for Inpatient Care: The Hospital’s Point of View....Pages 637-640
Estimation of Resource Requirements....Pages 641-645
A Comparison of the Role of Hospital Chief Executive Officers in Freestanding Hospitals and Multi-Hospital Systems....Pages 646-649
The ‘Anti-hospital Bias’ in West German Health Policy: A Reaction to Economic Crisis or a New Trend in Medical Care?....Pages 650-653
Front Matter....Pages 655-655
An Integer Quadratic Programming Formulation and Algorithm for the Organization of Nurse Staffing Schedules....Pages 656-659
Nursing Team Organization: Evaluation Design of a Pilot Experiment in an Italian Hospital Ward....Pages 660-663
The Delegation of Responsibility and Authority in the Nursing Service Hierarchy and its Relationship to Indicators of Quality Care....Pages 664-667
Modele et methodologie d’analyse de l’action de l’infirmiere....Pages 668-670
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
Hospital Management by Diagnosis Related Groups: United States and European Experience....Pages 672-674
A Diagnosis Related Cost Analysis in Japanese Hospital Care....Pages 675-678
Adapting Diagnosis Related Groups for Use in England and Wales....Pages 679-682
Management-Oriented Hospital Indicators....Pages 683-686
PHYSIS (PHYSiotherapy Information System)....Pages 687-691
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
A Model of Hospital Inpatient Costs: A Statistical Approach Based Upon an Analysis of Cost Components and an Implementation as Part of a Management Decision Support System....Pages 694-697
Financial Planning and Computer Modelling in a General Hospital....Pages 698-700
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
A Model for Evaluating Financial Viability of a Hospital....Pages 701-704
Cost Benefit and Interest Group Analysis....Pages 705-709
Consumers Satisfaction with Hospital Services....Pages 710-712
Evaluation of the Informative Content of Diagnostic Tests for the Physician: An Economic Approach....Pages 713-716
Characteristics of Catastrophic Hospital Expenditures....Pages 717-719
Cost Containment via Computerized Work Measurement Standards....Pages 720-724
Front Matter....Pages 725-725
Traitement de textes et traitement de données, quelle approche? Application au service de Radiologie d’un Hôpital Universitaire....Pages 726-729
Efficience des systèmes d’information hospitaliers....Pages 730-733
Hospital Information Systems (HIS): Structure and Size of the Hospital Computer Market in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 734-738
A Method of Assessment for Hospital Pharmacy Stock Control Computer Systems....Pages 739-742
Methodological Aspects of Information Management with Special Regard to Disease Registries and Hospital Care Statistics....Pages 743-746
Design of a Communication System for an Efficient Hospital....Pages 747-750
Logical Schema of a Hospital Information Systems (HIS)....Pages 751-755
Front Matter....Pages 757-757
Optimum Quantity of Operating Rooms Determination: A System Analysis Approach....Pages 758-761
Drug Distribution Planning in Hospitals Using Computer Simulation....Pages 762-765
Radiological Equipement in a Large Italian Region: The Findings of a Survey....Pages 766-769
De l’espace comme lieu de soin et agent de santé....Pages 770-773
Hôpital et industrie: une articulation en termes de filière....Pages 774-778
Front Matter....Pages 779-779
Simulation in Regional Hospital Planning....Pages 780-783
Progress Towards a Systems Approach in Planning Regionalized Health Care Facilities....Pages 784-787
Front Matter....Pages 779-779
An English Approach to Health Service Planning - with a Regional Perspective....Pages 788-791
Hospital Patient Flow in Health Care Delivery System (For an Investigation)....Pages 792-795
Front Matter....Pages 797-797
The Incidences of the Optimisation of Bacteriological Information in a Universitary Regional Public Hospital: A Medical and Economic Evaluation....Pages 798-800
Cost Analysis of Hospital Infections....Pages 801-804
Hygienic Management in Hospitals....Pages 805-808
Organizational Pattern for Decontamination of Hospital Beds: What is Necessary and Cost-Effective?....Pages 809-812
Front Matter....Pages 813-813
The Role of Advance Treatment Directives in Health Care Policy....Pages 814-817
Analyse des disparités quantitatives de l’activité et des prescriptions des Médecins....Pages 818-821
Evaluation of Private Pharmacies in Urban Areas....Pages 822-825
Front Matter....Pages 827-827
A System Approach to Health Communication....Pages 828-831
Reflections on Cost-Benefit Studies (CBS) for Health Planning and Decision Processes....Pages 832-836
Steps to Evaluate a Health Policy....Pages 837-840
Quantitative Procedures to Classify Discussions on Health Policy....Pages 841-844
Front Matter....Pages 845-845
Medical Appropriateness: A Systems Approach....Pages 846-849
Epidemiological Surveys Supporting Quality Assurance Programs in the F.R. Germany....Pages 850-853
A Theoretical Model of Sources of Physician Error....Pages 854-857
Use of “Fuzzy” Statements in Medical Decision Contexts....Pages 858-861
Application of Generalizability Theory in the Development of Qualityof Care Measurement....Pages 862-864
Front Matter....Pages 865-865
The Multiple Systems of Technology Adoption in Hospitals....Pages 866-869
Evaluation de la diffuson des innovations technologiques dans les hôpitaux de l’Assistance Publique à Paris....Pages 870-871
Front Matter....Pages 865-865
Status of Management and Information Systems in United States Health Care....Pages 872-874
Technology Assessment in Out-Patient Medical Care in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 875-876
Cost-Effectiveness-Analysis of Computed-Topography....Pages 877-879
Experimental Design for the Evaluation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Clinical Medicine....Pages 880-883
Front Matter....Pages 885-885
A Theoretical Framework for the Development of Measures of Process and Outcome....Pages 886-889
Process and Outcome Measures of Medical Care Quality: Causal Implications....Pages 890-893
Comparison of two Data-Sources for the Assessment of Hospital Admissions of Ambulatory Physicians....Pages 894-897
Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Helpful Tool for Decision Makers?....Pages 898-901
Front Matter....Pages 903-903
Regional Planning for Blood Resources....Pages 904-907
A Brief Economic Analysis of Blood Procurement, Institutions and Practices....Pages 908-912
Mixed Integer Programming: A Useful Tool for Strategic Planning in the Blood Services....Pages 913-916
BLIND - BLood INformation system Dortmund....Pages 917-921
Improving Performance of Blood Service Organizations Through Targeted Applications of Operations Research....Pages 922-925
Front Matter....Pages 927-927
A Theoretical Framework of Planning for Health in a Stagnant Economy in Sweden....Pages 928-931
The Demand for Health Care in Switzerland - A Latent Variable Approach....Pages 932-935
Models of Risk Group Dynamics....Pages 936-937
Future Resource Requirements for Health Care - a Modelling Approach....Pages 938-941
Méthodologie de la planification d’un système de santé original pour une ville nouvelle....Pages 942-945
The Modelling of National Health Systems in Planning for Increased Efficiency....Pages 946-948
A Strategic Planning Simulation Model of a District Health Service System: The In-patient Component and Results....Pages 949-954
Front Matter....Pages 927-927
A Hierarchical Model of Health Care Delivery in New York State....Pages 955-960
Studies for Systematization of Health Care in an Isolated Small Island....Pages 961-965
Front Matter....Pages 967-967
A Computer Simulation Model of the Long Term Care System in New York State....Pages 968-971
Modelling the Health Behaviour Change System....Pages 972-974
Multiple Time Series Approach to the Analysis of Hospital Patient Movements....Pages 975-978
Simulating the Effect of Computer Application on Office Practice....Pages 979-982
Front Matter....Pages 983-983
Methodology Considerations in Planning and Analysis of Studies of Drug-Disease Associations Using a Medicaid Data Base....Pages 984-987
Research in Models for Surgical Care *....Pages 988-991
Etude des stratégies des acteurs ou groupes d’acteurs agissant dans les champs sanitaire et social: Les besoins de santé....Pages 992-995
Une approche particulière des Systèmes - Conséquences dans le cas de la santé....Pages 996-998
Financial Incentives to Physician’s Behaviour....Pages 999-1002
Front Matter....Pages 1003-1003
Gravity Modelling: Application to Health Systems....Pages 1004-1008
The Calibration of an Origin Constrained Gravity Model to Predict Patient Flow....Pages 1009-1012
Predicting Patient Flows to Local Acute Hospitals....Pages 1013-1016
A Model for the Location and Sizing of Many Interlinked Health Care Specialities and Some Empirical Results....Pages 1017-1021
A Multilocation Capacity Expansion Model for Hospital Based Health Maintainance Organizations....Pages 1022-1025
Planning Models for the Distribution of Acute-Care Bed Services in the Sydney and Hunter Regions, Australia....Pages 1026-1029
A Multiobjective Approach to Multihospital Systems....Pages 1030-1033
Front Matter....Pages 1035-1035
Locational Optimization for Health Facilities - A Case Study for Emergency Dispatch Centers in Dortmund....Pages 1036-1039
Le Coût et le profil d’utilisation des services d’urgence dans la région métropolitaine de Montréal....Pages 1040-1043
Front Matter....Pages 1045-1045
Méthode d’appréciation de la qualité des soins infirmiers (M.A.Q.S.I.)....Pages 1046-1049
Systems-Oriented Health Services Indicators....Pages 1050-1053
Continuity of Care Under an Urn Model....Pages 1054-1057
Mathematical Modelling of the Dynamics of Health Indicators....Pages 1058-1062
La consommation médicale des médecins peut-elle être un indicateur d’efficacité?....Pages 1063-1065
A Computer Aid to Rank Preventive Medical Services....Pages 1066-1069
Front Matter....Pages 1071-1071
Typologie des patients d’une file active en psychiatrie: outils d’analyse épidémiologique et de recherche de critères de gestion....Pages 1072-1075
Mesure de l’état de santé à partir d’indicateurs individuels: application aux données d’une enquête nationale sur la santé et les soins médicaux....Pages 1076-1080
Relationship between Life Expectancy at Birth and per Capita Medical Expenditure....Pages 1081-1084
Health States Worse than Death....Pages 1085-1089
Staging of Disease: A Case Mix Measurement....Pages 1090-1095
Hospital Morbidity in Spain....Pages 1096-1098
Etablissement d’un indicateur de vieillissement....Pages 1099-1103
Front Matter....Pages 1105-1105
The Development and Use of a Multistate Manpower Projection Model for Medical Manpower Planning in Britain....Pages 1106-1110
Quality and Competition on the Market of Physician Services — A Theoretical Investigation....Pages 1111-1114
The Impact of Technological Change on the Canadian Hospital Labour Market: An Investigation....Pages 1115-1118
Economy of Scale and Manpower Distribution in Basic Institutions of the Polish NHS....Pages 1119-1122
Front Matter....Pages 1123-1123
A Contribution to Solving some of the Metaproblems in Medical Informatics as Outlined by Überla....Pages 1124-1127
Impact of Clinical Trials on Medical Practice: Problems and Consequences for Research Designs....Pages 1128-1131
Methodological Considerations in the Study of Clinical Pain....Pages 1132-1135
Front Matter....Pages 1123-1123
Data Base Management Tools in Epidemiologic Research — Examples and Experience from MONICA....Pages 1136-1139
On the Use of Structural Information for a Statistical Expert System in Medical Research....Pages 1140-1143
Seasonal Fluctuations of Physicians’ Activities....Pages 1144-1147
An Issue in the Economic Evaluation of Preventive Technologies: The Case of Vaccines....Pages 1148-1151
A Micro Economic Analysis of Social Inequalities in the Utilisation of Health Services....Pages 1152-1155
The Use of Minimization to Balance Groups of Patients — Ease of Use with APL....Pages 1156-1159
Modules for the Design of Epidemiological Models with Age Structure....Pages 1160-1163
Front Matter....Pages 1165-1165
L’education sanitaire mise en question....Pages 1166-1169
A New Approach to the Prevention of Smoking....Pages 1170-1173
Biomedical Cybernetics in the System of Postgraduate Education....Pages 1174-1176
Front Matter....Pages 1177-1177
Mass Communication by Means of Sex Education - Possibilities and Limits of Nonpersonal Intervention -....Pages 1178-1180
Structure Analyses of Scientific Health Education Literature - An International Comparison....Pages 1181-1184
Towards the Ecology of the Body. On the Conceptual Development of Health Education....Pages 1185-1188
Front Matter....Pages 1189-1189
Voting by Foot....Pages 1190-1196
The Economics of Compliance....Pages 1197-1201
Preventive Medical Care and its Consequences: The Effect of a Randomly Assigned Physical Examination....Pages 1202-1204
Rational and Conclusive Therapy: A Prerequisite for Compliance....Pages 1205-1208
Compliance in Third World Medicine....Pages 1209-1212
Front Matter....Pages 1213-1213
The Meaning of Local Committees within a Concept of Community Health Promotion....Pages 1214-1216
Professional Assistance for Self-Help Acitivities....Pages 1217-1219
Front Matter....Pages 1213-1213
The Role of Municipal Education Institutions within Health Community Programs....Pages 1220-1222
Can Communities be Trained to Cure Themselves? A Case Study in Health Education....Pages 1223-1226
The Model “Kommunale Prävention”....Pages 1227-1229
Front Matter....Pages 1231-1231
The Belgian Heart Disease Prevention Project: Influence of Psychosocial Variables and Mode of Delivery of Advice on Coronary Risk Factor Modification....Pages 1232-1234
System Science in Health Education: A Methodological Approach....Pages 1235-1237
Nutrition Education - Vital Part of Health Education....Pages 1238-1240
Methodical Problems of Evaluation in Health Education....Pages 1241-1244
Evaluation: Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Program....Pages 1245-1248
Holistic Health: A Course Requested by Senior Citizens....Pages 1249-1253
Alterations in Health Perception and Lifestyle in Treated Hypertensives....Pages 1254-1257
The South Manchester Family Worker Scheme: Social Support in Pregnancy....Pages 1258-1261
Front Matter....Pages 1263-1263
Développements méthodologiques et applications....Pages 1264-1266
Potential and Limits of Health Legislation, with Particular Respect to Prevention....Pages 1267-1271
Interaction Between Drug Legislation and Medical Action in Research and Practice....Pages 1272-1277
Economic Aspects of Cost-Sharing in Medical Insurance - A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation....Pages 1278-1281
Front Matter....Pages 1283-1283
The Role of Users in Building Clinical Information Systems....Pages 1284-1288
The Steering Group on Health Services Information in England....Pages 1289-1290
The Role of Information Processing in the Reorganization of the Social Security Health Care System of Brazil....Pages 1291-1293
Towards a Simplification of Health Information Systems at Grassroot Level of Basic Health Services in the Third World....Pages 1294-1297
A Methodological Framework for the Design of Health Care Information Systems....Pages 1298-1301
Front Matter....Pages 1283-1283
Methodological Problems of Designing Dialogue-Oriented Components in Medical Information Systems....Pages 1302-1305
Review of Computerized Information Systems in the Health Area and their Implications for Long-Term Care....Pages 1306-1309
Front Matter....Pages 1311-1311
Productivity Monitoring and Improvement: Managing Primary Care Services....Pages 1312-1314
The Activity of Public Health Nurses Development and Use of a Data Collection Tool in the Swiss Cantons of Vaud and Fribourg (Research Programme No 8 of the Swiss National Science Foundation)....Pages 1315-1318
Modèle pour l’évaluation séquentielle et globale des services de santé ambulatoires....Pages 1319-1324
Front Matter....Pages 1325-1325
Information Needs of Primary Health Care....Pages 1326-1329
Implementation of, and Planning for, Primary Health Care at the National Level - Information Implications....Pages 1330-1331
Assessing the Information Needs of Practitioners at the Local Level....Pages 1332-1333
Automated Health Information System - Users’ Experience at the Local Level....Pages 1334-1334
Front Matter....Pages 1335-1335
Patient Flows in the Ambulatory Health Care Sector....Pages 1336-1337
“Do You Need an Appointment” Using a Computerized System to Match Patient Needs With Provider Resources....Pages 1338-1341
Extension of Ambulatory Care at the Expense of the Hospital Sector? A Study with Special Reference to the Ambulatory and Stationary Activities of Belegärzte....Pages 1342-1345
Front Matter....Pages 1347-1347
EVaS-Study: Purpose of the Study....Pages 1348-1348
EVaS-Study: Sampling Plan....Pages 1349-1351
EVaS-Study: Survey Instruments....Pages 1352-1354
Generalists and Specialists in Primary Ambulatory Medical Care....Pages 1355-1359
Care for the Elderly....Pages 1360-1364
Care for Foreign Minorities....Pages 1365-1369
Care for Mental Health and Related Problems....Pages 1370-1373
Care for a Frequent Medical Problem - Fungus Infections....Pages 1374-1377
Front Matter....Pages 1347-1347
EVaS - Study: Perspective....Pages 1378-1378
EVaS-Study: International Comparisons....Pages 1379-1380
Front Matter....Pages 1381-1381
Demographic Aspects and the Implications of Formulating the Health for All by the Year 2000....Pages 1382-1385
Use of Health Literature and Documentation Services for Selecting HFA Strategies....Pages 1386-1389
The Use of Statistical Data of Health Services and the Results of Medical Examinations for Health Planning....Pages 1390-1391
Probing and Planning the Future of Health Care by Scenarios: Application of a Systems Approach....Pages 1392-1397
Evaluation of Health Programmes and the Development and Use of Global Indicators for Monitoring Progress towards Health for All by the Year 2000....Pages 1398-1401
Development and Use of Regional Indicators for Evaluation and Monitoring Progress Towards Health For All By the Year 2000 in the WHO South-East Asia Region....Pages 1402-1405
Development of Regional Indicators for Monitoring Progress Towards HFA2000 in Europe....Pages 1406-1409
Indicateurs et Stratégie sanitaires en Suisse....Pages 1410-1413
Front Matter....Pages 1415-1415
User-friendly Micro-Computer Based Data Collection Retrieval and Analysis System for Use by the Practising Clinician....Pages 1416-1418
A System Model for Microcomputers in Health-Care Applications....Pages 1419-1422
A Personal Computer Program for Health Planning (MEDPLAN)....Pages 1423-1427
Critical Nursing Administrative Applications of a Micro Processor....Pages 1428-1431
Front Matter....Pages 1433-1433
Mortality by Infectious Diseases of the Digestive Tract in Spain During the Pre-Antibiotic Era....Pages 1434-1434
Three-Dimensional Tumor Growth in a Vascularized Tissue: Modelling and Simulation....Pages 1435-1435
A Cardiac Catheter Data Base as a First Step towards an Information System for Invasive and Clinical Internal Medicine Data....Pages 1436-1436
The Anagogic Interpretation of Psychosomatic Disease Fractional Antedating Goal Response vs. Causal Connection....Pages 1437-1437
Integrating Technologies: A Realization of “More With Less”....Pages 1438-1438
Micro — SHIVA Editor....Pages 1439-1439
Front Matter....Pages 1433-1433
Health Care in Developing Nations — Systems Approach....Pages 1440-1440
idis — SOMED — A: An Information System in Microfiches for the Occupational Health Practitioner....Pages 1441-1441
Competencies and Skills Expected of Nurses Working in Forensic Areas....Pages 1442-1442
Universal Methods of Evaluating Psychotherapy Delivery Systems: Five Proposals....Pages 1443-1443
Cancer Register in Trieste: Data Acquisition....Pages 1444-1444
How Did I Get This Way: Effect of Past Experiences Upon Present Health Practices....Pages 1445-1445
Back Matter....Pages 1447-1451