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7. Medical Care and Costs

Alice C. Andrews and James Fonseca

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. City and Countryside 9
2. Demographics 21
3. Migration, Mobility and Population Change 35
4. Affluence versus Poverty 49
5. Ethnic and Cultural Diversity 65
6. Health and Disease 77
7. Medical Care and Costs 97
8. Lifestyle Risks 117
9. Education K-12 133
10. Higher Education 147
11. Crime and Violence 159
12. Status of Women 171
13. Children 185
14. Senior Citizens 199
15. Politics and Religion 211
16. Summary and Conclusions 221
Appendix of Tables 235
Sources 293
Index 299

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. City and Countryside 9
2. Demographics 21
3. Migration, Mobility and Population Change 35
4. Affluence versus Poverty 49
5. Ethnic and Cultural Diversity 65
6. Health and Disease 77
7. Medical Care and Costs 97
8. Lifestyle Risks 117
9. Education K-12 133
10. Higher Education 147
11. Crime and Violence 159
12. Status of Women 171
13. Children 185
14. Senior Citizens 199
15. Politics and Religion 211
16. Summary and Conclusions 221
Appendix of Tables 235
Sources 293
Index 299

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