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Visiting nurses distributed simple daily calendars to thousands of industrial policyholder families and collected monthly records over six months. 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 \na  \nSpecimen page of the schedule used to record expenditures for medical care.  \n### The Cost of Medical Care\n\nHow much does the workingman's family spend for sickness1   d    ~4he wn3 L…   lfr the ne of tha taath5 Toeduring the year?How much for the care of the teeth?Forthe care of eyes?How much goes to the doctor?How much formedicines,nurses,hospital care,operations?These are very im-portant questions which must be answered before any forward stepscan be taken toward improving health service in the United States.The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has attempted to obtainanswers to these important questions by the most direct methodavailable,namely,by sending its trained and experienced visitingnurses into the homes of its Industrial policyholders and asking forthe information.  \nIt should be mentioned here that the Company extends a visitingnurse service to its Industrial policyholders.In communities inwhich there is a visiting nurse association the Company arrangeswith the association to give such service.In other communities,the service is rendered by nurses in the employ of the Company.While these nurses are located in thirty-five states,a","cbCaircJ9vqOGhaS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaircJ9vqOGhaS","pdf",454391,"English","# Introduction\n# The Cost of Medical Care\n# How the Data Were Obtained\n# Aggregate Expenditures for Medical Care","[{\"question\":\"Who conducted the study on the cost of medical care and why?\",\"answer\":\"The Committee on the Cost of Medical Care held meetings in 1928 and 1929, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company offered its facilities to conduct a home-based study. The results were published to assist the Committee’s work.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the data collected from families?\",\"answer\":\"Visiting nurses distributed calendars to industrial policyholder families to record daily expenditures for medical-related items. Nurses revisited families monthly for six months, then collected and returned the completed calendars to the Company.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of medical expenses were tracked in the calendars?\",\"answer\":\"The schedules requested records for costs including doctors, nurses, medicines, care of teeth and eyes, and other expenses arising from sickness or injuries.\"}]","Cost of Medical Care - Introduction | PDF",1789962561,25]