Epidemiology and the delivery of health care services : methods and applications /
Denise M. Oleske.
- 3rd ed.
- New York : Springer, c2009.
- xiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Epidemiology and deliveryof health care services / edited by Denise M. Oleske. 2nd ed. c2001.
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.
Health planning--Methodology. Epidemiology. Health services administration. Epidemiology. Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration. Epidemiologic Methods. Health Planning--methods.