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Health Insurance in the United States – EH.net

This article describes the development of the U.S. health insurance system and its growth in the twentieth century. It examines the roles of important factors … See more

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Health Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States …

WEBBeatrix Hoffman, Health Care for Some: Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. xxxv + 319 pp. $30 (hardcover), …

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Historical Anthropometrics – EH.net

WEBHistorical anthropometrics is the study of patterns in human body size and their correlates over time. While social researchers, public health specialists and physical …

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Fertility and Mortality in the United States – EH.net

WEBa Births per 1000 population per annum. b Children aged 0-4 per 1000 women aged 20-44. Taken from U.S. Bureau of the Census, (1975), Series 67-68 for 1800-1970. For the …

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Industrial Sickness Funds – EH.net

WEBOverview and Definition. Industrial sickness funds provided an early form of health insurance. They were financial institutions that extended cash payments and in some …

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Health and Welfare During the Industrial Revolution – EH.net

WEBHealth and Welfare During the Industrial Revolution. Richard Steckel and Roderick Floud, editors, Health and Welfare during Industrialization. National Bureau of Economic …

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Fraternal Sickness Insurance – EH.net

WEBThe Decline of Fraternal Sickness Insurance. By the 1890s, friendly societies in North America were withdrawing from the sickness insurance field. The IOOF imposed limits …

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Ensuring America’s Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate …

WEBPublished by EH.Net (May 2017) Christy Ford Chapin, Ensuring America’s Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System . New York: Cambridge University …

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Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial …

WEBPublished by EH.NET (February 2008) John E. Murray, Origins of American Health Insurance: A History of Industrial Sickness Funds. New Haven: Yale University Press, …

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Water, Race, and Disease – EH.net

WEBPublished by EH.NET (June 2005) Werner Troesken, Water, Race, and Disease.Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. xvii + 251 pp. $35 (cloth), ISBN: 0-262 …

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Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental …

WEBChristopher Sellers, Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental Health Science. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. 331 pp. $45.00 (cloth), …

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The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western …

WEBPublished by EH.NET (May 2003)? Richard H. Steckel and Jerome C. Rose, editors, The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere.New York: …

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The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in …

WEBPublished by EH.NET (July 2001) Beatrix Hoffman, The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina …

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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality

WEBAngus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013. xv + 360 pp. $30 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-691 …

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The Blues: A History of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System

WEBEH.NET BOOK REVIEW Published by [email protected] and EH.Net (June 1998) Robert Cunningham III and Robert M. Cunningham Jr. The Blues: A History of the Blue …

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COVID-19 Policies – EH.net

WEBCOVID-19 Policies. We intend to host an entirely in-person conference, while closely monitoring COVID-19 developments. We will follow the recommendations of the CDC …

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History of Food and Drug Regulation in the United States

WEBIn general, the focus of this regulation has been on ensuring the quality and safety of food and drugs. Food and drug regulation as we know it today in the United States had its …

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Contagion: How Commerce Has Spread Disease – EH.net

WEBMark Harrison, Contagion: How Commerce Has Spread Disease. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. xviii + 376 pp. $38 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-300-12357-9. …

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History of Workplace Safety in the United States, 1880-1970

WEBSource: U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, 1975), Series D-1029 and D-1031. …

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Life Insurance in the United States through World War I

WEBNot included in Figure 5 is the War Risk insurance issued by the United States government during World War I. Beginning in April 1917, all active military personnel received a …

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Regulating Health and Safety in the British Mining Industries, 1800

WEBPublished by EH.NET (August 2010) Catherine Mills, Regulating Health and Safety in the British Mining Industries, 1800-1914.Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010. xxvi + 284 pp. $115 …

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The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South

WEBPublished by EH.Net (February 2020) William D. Bryan, The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South.Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018. xxiii + 226 …

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