{"product_id":"9783032410405","title":"The Demography of Health and Healthcare (4th Edition) Current Perspectives on Applying Health Demography to Contemporary Issues","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSpringer Texts in Social Sciences\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Demography of Health and Healthcare (4th Edition)\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCurrent Perspectives on Applying Health Demography to Contemporary Issues\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLouis G. Pol | Richard K. Thomas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Demography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolving field of health demography, examining how population dynamics shape health status, health behavior, and healthcare delivery. Integrating perspectives from demography, epidemiology, public health, and the social sciences, the book demonstrates how demographic forces influence contemporary health challenges and healthcare systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis thoroughly revised fourth edition reflects the profound changes that have transformed both populations and healthcare over the past three decades. New discussions address population aging, declining fertility, migration, health disparities, chronic disease, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging global demographic challenges. The book's applied approach shows how demographic concepts, data, and analytical tools can be used to understand healthcare utilization, evaluate programs, support planning, and inform health policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for students, researchers, and practitioners in demography, public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, and related fields, this text bridges theory and practice through contemporary examples and real-world applications. It is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the demographic forces that continue to reshape health and healthcare in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouis G. Pol trained in demography at Florida State University. He has made significant contributions to the health care demography field through the publication of books, research articles and book chapters over several disciplines , professional and organizational presentations, and consulting work. He has held faculty posts at Memphis State University, Rollins College, the University of Ulster at Jordanstown (Northern Ireland), the University of Arcavacata (Italy), and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is Dean Emeritus for the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard K. Thomas, Ph.D., was trained as a medical sociologist and has been instrumental in the development of the field of health demography. He has taught courses in demography and applied demography and conducted numerous workshops on demographic data. He has authored more than 20 books on health\/healthcare and demography and numerous articles for professional journals, newsletters, and magazines. He has received over two million dollars in NIH funding for demography-related research. He has served on the faculties of several universities and medical schools and is currently an affiliate faculty member at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a research associate at the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032410405\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e399\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55561619636364,"sku":"9783032410405","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032410405.jpg?v=1788350641","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032410405","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}