Background: Many of the large ongoing national surveys of the U.S. population contain a question that asks for the respondent's self-reported health status: "excellent," "very good," "good," "fair" or "poor." These surveys could be used to conduct cost-utility analyses of health care policies,...

A telephone survey of 2631 US adults was analysed to determine how particular types of gambling and gambling availability were related to problem gambling by age and gender. Casinos produced the most problems per daily participation. Casinos and lottery gambling produced the most society-wide...