Epidemiology and Health Services

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

AvShapiro Armenian,H. Armenian,Haroutune K. Armenian,Sam Shapiro

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What is the relevance of epidemiology to decision-making in health services? If our ability to launch large-scale experimental studies of health services is limited, what are some alternative approaches to study design? How can we best make use of routinely collected data from health information systems? How can we best synthesize information to make more reasonable inferences? These are some of the questions that Epidemiology and Health Services tries to answer.The book starts with three chapters on strategies for problem investigation, problem solving, and program development and evaluation. These are followed by nine chapters that give a theoretical overview of specific methods and then present case studies. The cases are based on important investigations of health services and are followed by questions and discussions that guide readers through the most salient issues of these studies.This is a book that addresses the needs of a broad spectrum of health professionals. It will help health service administrators, managers and other professional design and conduct evaluative and intervention research on the delivery of health services. And it will give epidemiology and public health students a wider perspective on applicatons of the discipline.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-03-19
Mått164 x 240 x 20 mm
Vikt644 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor284
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195093599

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Epidemiologi och medicinsk statistik inom Medicin
Hälso- och sjukvård inom Medicin
Folkhälsa och hälsopedagogik inom Medicin

Part 1: Framework for Action ; 1. Problem Investigation in Epidemiology ; 2. Problem-Solving in Public Health ; 3. Program Development: A Framework for Health Services ; Part II: Epidemiologic Tools ; 4. Management Information in Decision Making ; 5. Public Health Surveillance and Health Services Research ; 6. General Population Studies ; 7. Case Investigation ; 8. Case-Control Method ; 9. The Randomized Controlled Trial in Health Services Research ; 10. Screening for Secondary Prevention of Disease ; 11. Analytic Approaches ; 12. Meta-Analysis in Health Services Research

"The descriptions of methods and their applications generally are very well done, and the chapters on public health surveillance and on meta-analysis are particularly outstanding....because of its excellent description of methods of inquiry, this book can be a great help in all countries."--American Journal of Epidemiology"A good book for the researcher or student who is beginning to explore the interdisciplinary work of epidemiology and health services research and policy... a timely and important book. It is well-written and easy to read. Epidemiology and Health Services will serve as a good textbook for an introductory course in health services epidemiology or for health services managers and administrators."--Alexander Ortega (University of Pennsylvania) inEpidemiology Monitor