Monitoring morbidity associated with chronic conditions: Portuguese National Health Survey 2014

Prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal conditions and associated factors in Brazilian adults – National Health Survey

BACKGROUND Chronic non-communicable diseases entail high impact on health systems in Brazil and worldwide. Among the most frequent are the musculoskeletal conditions which comprise a group of diseases that influence individuals' physical status, quality of life and functional capacity. Epidemiological studies investigating the scale of such conditions in the adult population are scarce in Brazi...

A National Doctor Morbidity Survey

Of the many problems which have dogged the Health Service since its inception, one basic one, never properly Addressed, has been that of assessing the demand for health-care. Looking at the level of provision over the Population as a whole has not been helpful. Attempting 0 do this has revealed the inadequacy of the machinery 0r measuring what those who provide health-care are Actually engaged ...

National health and nutrition examination survey: sample design, 2011-2014.

Background Data collection for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) consists of a household screener, an interview, and a physical examination. The screener primarily determines whether any household members are eligible for the interview and examination. Eligibility is established using preset selection probabilities for the desired demographic subdomains. After an eli...

Mammography Use in Portugal: National Health Survey 2014

INTRODUCTION Understanding the patterns of mammography use and monitoring changes in use are essential to improving national health policy for breast cancer control. We aimed to describe the use of mammography in Portugal and to identify the determinants of its nonuse and underuse by examining data from the National Health Survey 2014. METHODS We analyzed data on 8,758 women aged 30 years or ...

Title:lifestyle, Chronic Diseases and Self-rated Health among Malaysian Adults: Results from the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (nhms)