Statistics in Public Health : Qualitative Approaches to Public Health Problem...

by Stroup, Donna F. (EDT); Teutsch, Steven M.

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Statistics in Public Health : Qualitative Approaches to Public Health Problems, Hardcover by Stroup, Donna F. (EDT); Teutsch, Steven M., ISBN 0195114981, ISBN-13 9780195114980, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Public health strives to improve the health of human populations, and prevent disease, disability, and death. Statistics--the science of finding underlying patterns by analyzing variability and errors in collected data--is essential to the understanding of disease patterns in human populations. Other quantitative methods, such as economics, decision theory, and mathematics, now constitute integral parts of the scientific basis for priority-setting and evaluation in public health. This book provides a broad conceptual treatment of the statistical issues underlying core public health functions: outbreak investigations, policy development, economic and program evaluation, managed care, and program operations. The theoretical analysis is illustrated with examples from public health practice. For readers interested in a more detailed treatment, there are extensive references to specialized publications. The authors present a series of quantitative approaches that significantly help public health professionals solve the problems they confront in their day-to-day work. Unlike traditional how-to books in statistics, this volume starts with an overview of the range of problems encountered in public health practice, and then presents methods for facilitating decision making

• ISBN: 9780195114980
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