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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Oleske, Denise M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2001.
• Έκδοση: Second Edition.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Management.; Public health.; Health informatics.; Epidemiology.; Medical education.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Medical Education.; Health Informatics.

In the previous edition of this book, the predominant theme was applying epidemiology to assist managers in dealing with an environment in which the structure of health care financing was rapidly changing to managed care and in which there was increasing competition among health care providers. Whil...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Fundamentals
• An Epidemiological Framework for the Delivery of Health Care Services
• Measurement Issues in the Use of Epidemiological Data
• Descriptive Epidemiological Measures
• Assessing Causality
• Strategic Planning
• Evaluating Health Services, Programs, and Systems
• Specialty Areas
• Epidemiology and Health Care Quality Management
• Control of Transmissible Diseases in Health Care Settings
• Genetic Epidemiology
• Technology Assessment
• Health Risks from the Environment
• Spanning Topics
• Epidemiology and the Public Policy Process
• The Contribution of Epidemiological Information in Economic Decision Making
• Ethics, Epidemiology, and Health Service Delivery.