The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing rapidly in the U.S. in recent years. The proportion of adults reporting the use of at least one CAM therapy during the previous year increased from 33.8% in 1990 to 42.1% in 1997 (1). Data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) revealed that close to twothirds of U.S. adults had used at least one CAM therapy...

background the responsiveness of a health system is considered to be an intrinsic goal of  health systems and an essential aspect in performance assessment. numerous studies have analysed health system responsiveness and related concepts, especially across different countries and health systems. however, fewer studies have applied the concept for the evaluation of specific healthcare delivery s...

OBJECTIVES This report presents statistics from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on selected measures of oral health status and oral health care access for adults aged 18-64. Estimates are presented by sex, age, race and ethnicity, nativity, education, poverty status, health and dental insurance status, region, place of residence, dentition status, current smoking status, curren...

OBJECTIVE To provide national estimates for indicators of health-related behaviors, health status, health care service utilization, and health care access by sexual orientation using data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). METHODS NHIS is an annual multipurpose health survey conducted continuously throughout the year. Analyses were based on data collected in 2013 from 34,5...

objectives: within the context of health-related quality of life studies, it was necessary to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the sf-12 health survey version 2. the aim of this study was to investigate the factorial structure, convergent validity and reliability of this instrument in a healthy iranian sample, following translation and establishment of content and face vali...

Asthma is a highly prevalent and disabling disease of childhood. Data from national surveys indicate that 5–11 percent of children and adolescents in the United States— totaling over 4 million persons—have physician-diagnosed asthma (1–4). It is the most prevalent cause of childhood disability, with 1.4 percent of US children having disabling asthma (5). These data leave little room to doubt th...

BACKGROUND As electronic health records (EHRs) become ubiquitous in the health care industry, privacy breaches are increasing and being made public. These breaches may make consumers wary of the technology, undermining its potential to improve care coordination and research. OBJECTIVE Given the developing concerns around privacy of personal health information stored in digital format, it is i...

OBJECTIVES This report presents both age-adjusted and unadjusted health statistics from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Estimates are disaggregated by sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, education, family income, poverty status, health insurance coverage (where appropriate), place of residence, and region of re...

OBJECTIVES We assessed the comparability of self-reported smoking prevalence estimates from a dual-frame survey with those from two large-scale, national surveys. METHODS The Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control (SCS-TC) obtained self-reported current smoking status via a dual-frame methodology in the fall of 2010. One frame used random digit dialling procedures and consisted of household...

C O N T E N T S Forward Executive Summary Introduction Disease Prevalence Diabetes Mellitus Hypertension Risk Factor Prevalence Cigarette Smoking Physical Activity Obesity Cholesterol Alcohol Consumption Angina Awareness of Cancer Screening Breast Cancer Screening Cervical Cancer Screening Survey Response Survey Methodology References Annexes Annex A: Detailed Tables Annex B:Main Findings of Na...