"A source book on the use of hospital and medical services and on health insurance and other methods of financing medical care among the aged."

BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. Bibliography on Health Economics and Related Material. Chicago: Council of Medical Service, American Medical Association, 1956. 11 parts.

Includes material on cost, financing, and economics; personnel; services for selected groups (children and mothers, schools, government beneficiaries, industry and labor, rural population, and migrants); population and vital statistics; and general background material.

COHN, Alfred E., and LINGG, CLAIRE. The Burden of Disease in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. 129 pp., and charts.

Traces the changes that have taken place in the incidence of diseases during the past century and illustrates the leading causes of illness and death.

COLLINS, SELWYN D. A Review and Study of Illness and Medical Care with Special Reference to Long-Time Trends. (Public Health Monograph No. 48.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1957. 86 pp.

; LEHMANN, JOSEPHINE L.; and TRANTHAM, KATHARINE S. Major Causes of Illness of Various Severities and Major Causes of Death in Six Age Periods of Life. (Public Health Monograph, No. 30.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 22 pp.

-; TRANTHAM, KATHARINE S.; and LEHMANN, JOSEPH L. Sickness Experience in Selected Areas of the United States. (Public Health Monograph, No. 25.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 96 pp.

"Data on illness, by severity, for 100 diagnoses collected by periodic canvasses of households with 100,000 person-years of observation."

COMMISSION ON CHRONIC ILLNESS. Chronic Illness in the United States: Vol. I-Prevention of Chronic Illness; Vol. II-Care of the Long-Term Patient; Vol. III-Chronic Illness in a Rural Area; Vol. IV-Chronic Illness in a Large City. Cambridge: Published for The Commonwealth Fund by Harvard University Press, 1956–59. 4 vols.

Vol. I gives the conclusions and recommendations, as well as summary statements, on the preventive aspects of most of the major chronic diseases and impairments and on several of the important contributing factors.

Vol. II is based primarily on material prepared for the National Conference on Care of the Long-Term Patient held in 1954 under the auspices of the Commission on Chronic Illness, and deals with care in both home and institution.

Vol. III. A detailed survey of chronic illness and its associated problems in a rural population.

Vol. IV. In six parts: (1) Perspective, (2) Volume and Character of Chronic Disease (Clinical Findings), (3) Needs for Care and Rehabilitation, (4) Screening, (5) Disability Reported by the General Population, and (6) Methods of Studying Chronic Disease in the General Population. COMMISSION ON FINANCING OF HOSPITAL CARE. Financing Hospital Care in the United States, Recommendations of the Commission . . . Chicago: The Commission, 1954. 56 pp. A summary report that includes the principles underlying the Commission's recommendations, and the highlights of the three study reports.

Financing Hospital Care in the United States: Vol. IFactors Affecting the Costs of Hospital Care. John H. Hayes, editor. Vol. II-Prepayment and the Community. Harry Becker, editor. Vol. III-Financing Hospital Care for the Non-Wage and Low-Income Groups. Harry Becker, editor. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Blackinston Division, 1954 and 1955. 3 vols.

COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. The Mental Health Programs of the Forty-Eight States: A Report to the Governor's Conference. Chicago: The Council, 1950. 377 pp.

A study of State programs for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. Discusses history and background, the scope of the problem, legal aspects, organization and administration, finance, plant and equipment, personnel, care and treatment, and activities related to mental health and hospital programs.

INTERSTATE CLEARING HOUSE ON MENTAL HEALTH. State Action in Mental Health, 1956-57. A Summary of Financial, Legal and Administrative Developments in State Mental Health Programs. Chicago: The Council, 1958. 95

pp.

"The Committee on the Costs of Medical Care-25 Years of Progress." American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 48, Aug. 1958, pp. 979-1002.

Includes Developments in Group Medical Practice, by C. Rufus Rorem; Hospital Growth and Changes, by Alden B. Mills; Group Payment Since the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, by Louis S. Reed; Growth of Public Services Since 1932, by Nathan Sinai; and 25 Years of Research in Medical Economics, by Margaret C. Klem.

COWDRY, E. V., editor. The Care of the Geriatric Patient. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1958. 438 pp.

Includes chapters on the psychologic, medical, mental and surgical aspects of geriatric care; nutritional requirements of the aged; geriatric nursing; nursing homes; rehabilitation of the geriatric patients; proprietary and nonprofit homes for the aged; geriatric training; and organizations and services for older people.

DAVIS, MICHAEL. Medical Care for Tomorrow. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. 497 pp.

Analyzes health needs and demands and the adequacies and current costs of medical care. Reviews the growth of hospitals and clinics and considers present forms of health insurance, public health work, and Federal medical services.

555 PP.

DEUTSCH, ALBERT. The Mentally Ill in America: A History of Their Care and Treatment from Colonial Times. (2d rev. ed.) New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Includes a discussion of the mental hygiene movement, the National Mental Health Act and its administration, and modern trends in institutional care for the mentally ill.

DUNN, HALBERT L. Health and Demography. (Public Health Service Publication No. 502.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 94 PP.

Charts, with brief discussions, showing some of the demographic facts that have significant implications for public health programs.

FALK, I. S.; ROREM, C. RUFUS; and RING, MARTHA D. The Cost of Medical Care: A Summary of Investigations on the Economic Aspects of the Prevention and Care of Illness. (Publication of the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, No. 27.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1933. 623 pp.

and BREWSTER, AGNES W. Hospitalization and Insurance Among Aged Persons: A Study Based on a Census Survey in March 1952. Washington: Social Security Administration, Division of Research and Statistics, 1953. 82 pp., and 97 tables. Processed.

Reports on a survey made to determine, for persons aged 65 and over, the prevalence of hospitalization insurance, the utilization of hospitals, and the methods and resources used to meet hospital bills. The major findings of this study are summarized in the Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 15, November 1952, pp. 3—13.

FEIN, RASHI. Economics of Mental Illness. (Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health, Monograph Series No. 2.) New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1958. 164 pp.

An analysis of the direct and indirect costs of mental illness.

FIELD, MINNA. Patients Are People: A Medical-Social Approach to Prolonged Illness. (2d ed.) New York: Columbia University Press, 1958. 280 pp.

Considers the problems of prolonged illness, the impact on the family, the meaning of hospitalization, and recommends an overall program to meet the patient's medical, social, and emotional needs. Includes a discussion of the latest research and improvements in the field of social medicine and the new techniques and procedures used to rehabilitate the patient.

GOOCH, MARJORIE. "State and Local Government Expenditure for Health and Hospitals." Public Health Reports, Vol. 74 Sept. 1959, pp. 833-839.

State-by-State data on the health and hospital expenditures of Stat and local governments, 1957.

HEALTH INFORMATION FOUNDATION. An Inventory of Soci and Economic Research in Health. (1958 edition) Ne York: The Foundation, 1959. 492 pp.

Lists and briefly describes studies relating to health levels, mental healt sociological factors in the field of health, health facilities, health service personnel in the field of health, and economic factors in the field health.

HILLEBOE, HERMAN E., and LARIMORE, GRANVILLE W., editor Preventive Medicine: Principles of Prevention in the Occur rence and Progression of Disease. Philadelphia: W. E Saunders Co., 1959. 731 PP.

Includes papers on social work, rehabilitation, nutrition, public healt nursing, and official and voluntary health agencies.

INTERNATIONAL LABOR OFFICE. The Cost of Medical Card (Studies and Reports New Series, No. 51.) Geneva: Th Office, 1959. 216 pp.

A study of the cost of medical care under social security programs i a number of countries. Discusses persons protected and contingencie covered, expenditure on medical benefits and cost of medical care trends in expenditure on medical care, and incomes of medica practitioners.

"Medical Care for Americans." Annals of the American Acad emy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 273, Jan. 1951, en

tire issue.

Includes Public Policy in Organizing Medical Care, by Franz Goldmann Medical Care for the Needy and Medically Needy, by Milton Terris Voluntary Medical Care Insurance, by Margaret C. Klem; Compulsory Medical Care Insurance, 1910–50, by Odin W. Anderson; Health Serv ices, Medical Care Insurance, and Social Security, by I. S. Falk; Organized Labor and the Problem of Medical Care, by Harry Becker; Rehabilitation by Howard A. Rusk and Eugene J. Taylor; Medical Care for Patient with Prolonged Illness, by E. M. Bluestone; and Rural Programs of Medical Care, by Milton I. Roemer.

MERRIAM, IDA C., and ROSEN, LAURA F. "Medical Care for Needy Persons in Maryland." Social Security Bulletin, Vol 18, Nov. 1955, pp. 10–15.

MILLER, PAUL A. Community Health Action: A Study of Community Contrasts. East Lansing: Michigan State College Press, 1953. 192 PP.

Tells how small towns and communities get new hospitals, local health departments, and cooperative prepayment plans for medical care.

MOTT, FREDERICK D., and ROEMER, MILTON I. Rural Health and Medical Care. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1948. 608 pp.

Describes health conditions and medical resources and services in rural areas and the effect on the general health in these areas of the severe shortages of doctors, dentists, nurses, and hospitals. Considers governmental efforts to improve rural health through public welfare medical services, as well as through special programs affecting medical care.

MOUNTIN, JOSEPH W., and FLOOK, EVELYN. Guide to Health Organization in the United States, 1951. (Public Health Service Publication No. 106.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953. 104 pp.

Presents the functions of the agencies—Federal, State, local, and voluntary—that render health services.

MUSHKIN, SELMA. "Age Differential in Medical Spending." Public Health Reports, Vol. 72, Feb. 1957, pp. 115-120. Data on medical care expenditures among different age groups.

and COLLINGS, FRANCIS d'A. "Economic Costs of Disease and Injury: A Review of Concepts." Public Health Reports, Vol. 74, Sept. 1959, pp. 795-809.

and CROWTHER, BEATRICE. "Free Medical Care in Cities." Public Health Reports, Vol. 73, Dec. 1958, pp. 1107–

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MUSTARD, HARRY S., and STEBBINS, ERNEST L. An Introduction to Public Health. (4th ed.) New York: Macmillan Co., 1959. 338 pp.

Brings up to date basic information in the field of public health. Includes chapters on medical care, chronic disease, mental health, organization and administration of public health work, school health services, and environmental health.

NATIONAL HEALTH ASSEMBLY. America's Health-A Report to the Nation. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. 395

pp.

"The official findings and recommendations of the Assembly on public health policy for the next decade." Considers, in detail, practically every vital problem affecting the health of the individual and the community.

NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL. Ten Million and One: Neurological Disability as a National Problem. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., 1957. 102 pp.

An Arden House conference report.

NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Facts on the Major Killing and Crippling Diseases in the United States; Heart Diseases, Cancer, Mental Illness, Arthritis, Blindness,