Research Catalog

Title

Epidemiology and health services / Haroutune K. Armenian, Sam Shapiro.

Author

Armenian, Haroutune K.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Shapiro, Sam.

Description

vi, 270 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"What is the relevance of epidemiology to decision making in the 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?" "Epidemiology and Health Services is different from other books in the field. Many books and specialized publications have presented a comprehensive picture of epidemiologic methods, but they have not shown in a systematic way how these methods apply to health services. This book fills the gap, and goes even further by analyzing the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic methods in the context of health care delivery, and discussing approaches for making pertinent inferences in actual cases." "The book addresses the needs of a broad spectrum of health professionals. It will help health service administrators, managers and other professionals design and conduct evaluative and intervention research on the delivery of health services. It will also give epidemiology and public health students a wider perspective on the various applications of the discipline."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Epidemiology
• Public health > Research
• Epidemiologic Methods
• Health Services Research
• Épidémiologie
• Santé publique > Recherche
• United Kingdom

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Problem Investigation in Epidemiology / H. K. Armenian -- 2. Problem-Solving in Public Health / B. Guyer -- 3. Program Development: A Framework for Health Services / S. Shapiro -- 4. Management Information in Decision-Making / D. M. Steinwachs -- 5. Public Health Surveillance and Health Services Research / S. B. Thacker and D. F. Stroup -- 6. General Population Studies / W. W. Eaton -- 7. Case Investigation / H. K. Armenian -- 8. Case-Control Methods / H. K. Armenian -- 9. Randomized Controlled Trials in Health Services Research / S. Shapiro -- 10. Screening for Secondary Prevention of Disease / S. Shapiro -- 11. Analytic Approaches / D. R. Hoover -- 12. Meta-analysis in Health Services Research / S. N. Goodman.

ISBN

0195093593X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

97000856

OCLC

• ocm36352649
• SCSB-5100394

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries