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Statistics in Public Health : Quantitative Approaches to Public Health Problems by Donna F. Stroup Ph.D M.Sc.; Steven M. Teutsch M.D. M.P.H. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>Public health strives to improve the health of human populations, and prevent disease, disability, and death. Statistics&#151;the science of finding underlying patterns by analyzing variability and errors in collected data&#151;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.<br>This book provides a broad conceptual treatment of the statistical issues underlying core public health functions&#58; 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.<br>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 o

Author

Donna F. Stroup Ph.D M.Sc.; Steven M. Teutsch M.D. M.P.H.

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195114980

Subjects

Medical, Medicine