The study analyzes physician and hospital utilization patterns of the elderly using 1969 data from the Health Interview Survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics to determine why Medicare payments to high income elderly persons are much higher than to low income elderly persons. (Author/BP)

Presented before the combined session of the Section on Administration and the Section on Clinical Medicine, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota May 3, 1968.

This framework for developing improved curricula in health education will assist those who plan and develop comprehensive school health education programs. It contains (1) program criteria; (2) goals of school health education; (3) information on process/topic interaction including values clarification, decision making, and self- actualization;…

During the past three decades, the health spa industry has grown to become a viable component of our society. Many people, however, still have reservations about the sincerity of health spa proprietors. This is a result of nonprofessional management in the first years of business. Today the health spa industry finds itself with changed…

This investigation studied the feasibility of establishing a network of centers to demonstrate model programs in the health technologies. It was necessary to: 1)identify colleges with multiple health-related programs; 2) identify campus health-related programs which have recognizable strengths; 3)further define "recognizable strengths" through…

This document opens with a statement from President Nixon's Health Message to Congress on February 15, 1971, acknowledgements, a letter of transmittal, the charge to the committee and activities of the committee. The report itself consists of information on the changing needs for health education, purposes and challenges of health education, and…

Four appendixes are presented for the evaluation of experiences with the use within Head Start of the "Healthy, That's Me" program. Appendix A deals with methodology for the use of telephone interviewing, including data on associated costs. Appendix B presents letters to respondents selected for telephone interviews and samples of…

The report presented herein provides a comprehensive summary of the philosophical and educational structure of H.P.E.R. (Health Science, Physical Education and Recreation) and its relationship to general education at Briar Cliff College. The unique structure of H.P.E.R. is presented as well as its rationale and a conceptual view of its inner…

An innovative health program arrangement between the University of Maine at Presque Isle and a local hospital is described. The program served to provide cost effective health services for the university and outpatient clinic space for the hospital. (DS)

Stating that our present health programs are more producer-oriented than people- or community-oriented, the author outlines major issues in allied health education to respond to new emphases in the health system, regionalism, health personnel overproduction, graduate study and research, and the need to evaluate the allied health education concept.…

The findings of this study suggest that planning for student health services at a large commuter institution should not be based upon the traditional model. (MM)

A model smoking cessation clinic for students is described. (MM)