Epidemiology and the delivery of health care services : methods and applications /

Oleske, Denise.

Epidemiology and the delivery of health care services : methods and applications / Denise M. Oleske. - 3rd ed. - New York : Springer, 2009. - xiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An epidemiologic framework for the delivery of health care services -- Measurement issues in the use of epidemiologic data -- Descriptive epidemiological methods -- Epidemiological study designs for evaluating health services, programs, and systems -- Screening and surveillance for promoting population health -- Strategic planning and its epidemiological basis -- The role of managerial epidemiology in infection prevention and control -- Health risks from the environment : challenges to health services delivery -- Delivering health care with quality : epidemiological considerations -- Advancing patient safety through the practice of managerial epidemiology -- Epidemiology and the public policy process -- Ethics and managerial epidemiology practice.

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Health planning--Methodology.
Epidemiology.
Health services administration.
Epidemiology.
Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Health Planning--methods.

RA 394.9 / .O44 2009

614.4

2010 A-614 WA 105 / O455e 2009
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