Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services Methods and Applications /

• Main Author: Oleske, Denise M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Practice of medicine.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.; Health Administration.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services Methods and Applications, Third Edition Denise M. Oleske, Davenport University, Grand Rapids, Michigan Rising costs, aging and growing populations, and increasing competition for funds and resources are shifting the focus of health care delivery...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Methods. Introduction. Measurement of Epidemiological Data. Data Sources with Implications for Health Services Delivery. Identifying and Interpreting Risk through Epidemiological Methods. Analytic Approaches: Familiar Ones and New Techniques. Epidemiologic Research. Populations and Population Subgroups: Demographic Trends, Risk Factors, and Health
• Applications. Epidemiology and Information Management. Quality and Safety: The Epidemiological Basis. Infection Control. Environment. Health Promotion/Prevention Services/Risk Reduction. Screening/Early Detection/Surveillance. Medical Care Epidemiology. Epidemiology and Health Care Policy. Ethics, Epidemiology, and the Delivery of Health Care
• Glossary. Answers to selected cases.