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Show Contents Advisory Committee Members..................................................................................................... 5 Preface......................................................................................................................................... 7 Articles Section Index of Articles in Past Issues.................................................................................................... 9 Articles Comparison of Smoking-Related Cancer Prevalence Between White Men in Utah and the United States RayM. Merrill, Ph.D. M.P. H............................................................................................ 10 Physicians' Perceptions of Non-Medical Variables Influencing the Decision to Hospitalize Elderly Patients with Ambulatory-Care Sensitive Conditions......................... 19 Marlene J. Egger, Ph.D., Marc E. Babitz, M.D., Mary Bishop, M.B.A. Medical Care for Street Youth in Salt Lake City: Project Update..................................... 29 Amy Williams, Ben-David Barr, M.S.W., Cynthia B. Snider, M.P.H., Crispin Abbott The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Utah 1998.............................................................................. 35 Kristen Ries, M.D. Low Birth Weight in Utah.................................................................................................. 40 Nan Streeter, M.S., R.N. Data Section Topical Index................................................................................................................................ 48 Data Section 1- Utah's Demographic Characteristics............................................................... 49 Section 2- Utah's Health Status....................................................................................... 68 Section 3- Utah's Risk Factors......................................................................................... 96 Section 4- Utah's Health Care Costs, Access, & Quality.................................................. 119 Special Topics Section Age Adjustment Abstract.................................................................................................. 125 BRFSS Report for the Local Health Departments: A First for Utah.................................. 127 Immunization Registry...................................................................................................... 127 Probabilistic Data Linking in Public Health Research....................................................... 128 Legislative Items Related to Health Care Policy............................................................... 130 Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Health ....................................................................... 133 Directory..................................................................................................................................... 148 Notice to Authors....................................................................................................................... 153 |
