Richard K. Thomas is Partner and Vice President of Health and Performance Resources in Memphis, TN. He is also Instructor and Research Associate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Thomas is the author of Health Services Marketing: A Practitioner's Guide, published by Springer.

"In Sickness and In Health provides detailed, well-exampled information on an immediately relevant subject, morbidity. ... The text is clear without getting bogged down in jargon, and if terms are unclear, readers can consult the brief glossary that provides succinct definitions. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (J. P. Bourgeois, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), September, 2016)

• Introduction to Morbidity: Defining the Concepts.- Importance of Measuring Morbidity.- Issues in Measuring Morbidity.- Morbidity Measures.- History of Morbidity Measurement.- Generating Morbidity Data.- Sources of Morbidity Data.- Morbidity Estimates and Projections.- Assessment of Data Options.- Prospects for the Future.

Richard K. Thomas is Partner and Vice President of Health and Performance Resources in Memphis, TN. He is also Instructor and Research Associate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Thomas is the author of Health Services Marketing: A Practitioner's Guide, published by Springer.

"In Sickness and In Health provides detailed, well-exampled information on an immediately relevant subject, morbidity. ... The text is clear without getting bogged down in jargon, and if terms are unclear, readers can consult the brief glossary that provides succinct definitions. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (J. P. Bourgeois, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), September, 2016)

• Introduction to Morbidity: Defining the Concepts.- Importance of Measuring Morbidity.- Issues in Measuring Morbidity.- Morbidity Measures.- History of Morbidity Measurement.- Generating Morbidity Data.- Sources of Morbidity Data.- Morbidity Estimates and Projections.- Assessment of Data Options.- Prospects for the Future.

Richard K. Thomas is Partner and Vice President of Health and Performance Resources in Memphis, TN. He is also Instructor and Research Associate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Thomas is the author of Health Services Marketing: A Practitioner's Guide, published by Springer.

"In Sickness and In Health provides detailed, well-exampled information on an immediately relevant subject, morbidity. ... The text is clear without getting bogged down in jargon, and if terms are unclear, readers can consult the brief glossary that provides succinct definitions. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (J. P. Bourgeois, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), September, 2016)

• Introduction to Morbidity: Defining the Concepts.- Importance of Measuring Morbidity.- Issues in Measuring Morbidity.- Morbidity Measures.- History of Morbidity Measurement.- Generating Morbidity Data.- Sources of Morbidity Data.- Morbidity Estimates and Projections.- Assessment of Data Options.- Prospects for the Future.