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This chapter is very different from the preceding nine, each of which has dealt with one specific source of data. The present chapter considers the broad issues of ‘monitoring the public health’, interpreting the requirements for this in a rather general fashion. This results in consideration of a number of topics for which there is need to have available a wide range of routine and ad hoc statistics, plus the ability to mount ad hoc field studies to explore various issues.
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11.11 Bibliography 11.11.1 Method
Alderson (1973b, 1974), Wites et al. (1974), Griesser (1980), Haro (1980), Kiselev (1980), Giel (1983), Esquivel and Zolla (1986)
11.11.2 Indicators
Reviews Stoutman and Falk (1936), Sullivan (1966), Culyer et al. (1971), Sullivan (1971), WHO (1971e), Grogono (1973), Chen and Bryant (1975), Chen et al. (1975), Chen (1976a,b), WHO (1976d), Rosser and Kind (1978), Rosser and Watts (1978), Goldberg et al. (1979), Organization for Economic and Cultural Development (1982), Carr-Hill (1983), Culyer (1983), Deliege (1983), Rosser (1983), UN (1984c), Hansluwka (1985), Peron and Strohmenger (1985) Elderly Powell Lawton et al. (1967), Henrad (1979)
Incapacity Robine and Colvez (1984)
Level of living Drewnoski (1966)
Mental health Kramer and Anthony (1983)
Sociomedical Elinson and Siegmann (1979)
11.11.3 Infectious Disease Surveillance
Raska (1966), Brachman (1982), Demina et al. (1986)
11.11.4 Dietary Surveillance
WHO (1971f), DHSS (1972), Lindgren (1976), DHSS (1976b, 1981), Wenlock et al. (1986)
11.11.5 Adverse Drug Reactions
Side-effects annual (world survey)
Dukes and Beeley (1986)
Australia Hall (1984)
Czechoslovakia Stika (1984)
Germany (FDR) Gross (1984)
Yugoslavia Stanulovic and Jakovljevic (1984)
Northern Ireland King and Griffiths (1984)
Norway Hjort et al. (1984)
Sweden Wiholm and Westerholm (1984)
United States Jones et al. (1984)
Method Issues
Stolley (1982), Inman (1986), Rossi et al. (1987)
Reports on Adverse Drug Reactions
Czechoslovakia Stika et al. (1979)
Denmark Hvidberg et al. (1979). Set up in 1968; reports divided into possible, probable, definite and unclassified. Has led to a number of special studies quantifying drug hazards.
England Darby and Greenberg (1979). In 1964 set up a system for doctors to voluntarily report any recognised adverse reaction. Discussed the special studies that had resulted from the register.
Finland Idanpaan-Heikkila (1979). Mentions an ADR register, but gives no information.
Iceland Grimsson (1979). Because of the size of the country, it was not considered that an ADR register was a suitable proposition.
Netherlands Sammuels Brusse et al. (1979)
Northern Ireland McDevitt and McMekin (1979)
Norway Halvorsen et al. (1979). Mentions an ADR register, but gives no details.
Scotland Moir et al. (1979). Describes the detailed information available from certain Scottish hospitals, which permitted the examination of drugs prescribed against recorded discharge diagnoses. Provides examples of how this might point to and facilitate detailed scrutiny of ADRs.
Sweden Westerholm (1979). Indicates an ADR reporting system, but gives no details.
United States Rossi et al. (1987)
11.11.6 Patient Satisfaction
McKinlay (1970), Bone (1973), Cartwight and Lucas (1974), Gregory (1978),
Cartwright (1979), Royal Commission on the NHS (1979), Oakley (1980), Macintyre (1981), O’Brien and Smith (1981), Ritchie et al. (1981), Roberts (1985)
11.11.7 Surveillance of the Environment
Redmond and Breslin (1975), Kline et al. (1977), Paddle (1981)
11.11.8 Registers
Chronic diseases—variousChronic diseases in Canada (1983, 1986)
Congenital rubella Dudgeon et al. (1973)
Diabetic children Bloom et al. (1975)
Genetic disorders Lancet (1983b,c)
Handicapped children Renwick (1967)
Hydatidiform mole Bagshawe et al. (1973)
Myocardial infarction Horwitz (1972), WHO Regional Office for Europe (1976)
Paediatric conditions (various rare diseases) British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (1986)
Phenylketonuria Hawcroft and Hudson (1974)
Psychiatric Baldwin (1971), Wing and Hailey (1972), Babigian (1972), National Institute of Mental Health (quoted by Brooke, 1974) Radiation workers National Radiological Protection Board (1978)
Renal transplant Hopenwell (1966)
Rheumatic fever Gordis et al. (1969)
Sarcoid Alsbirk (1964)
Stroke Harmsen et al. (1979), Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (1983) Trauma Boyd et al. (1973b)
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Alderson, M. (1988). Monitoring the Public Health. In: Mortality, Morbidity and Health Statistics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09068-6_11
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