Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services : Methods and Applications

Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services Methods and Applications, Third Edition Denise M. Oleske, Davenport University, Grand Rapids, Michigan Rising costs, aging and growing populations, and increasing competition for funds and resources are shifting the focus of health care delivery and management from the individual patient to the patient population. This change calls for more effective targeting of patients, more efficient assessment of needs and delivery of services, and better use of information technologies to improve population health. The new Third Edition of __Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services__ is one of the most complete and authoritative works on the subject, brimming with case studies, graphics, action lists, and learning outcomes for ease of understanding. The book’s in-depth epidemiologic framework begins with the basics (defining problems, collecting reliable data, assessing risks), moves on to offer innovative and seasoned techniques for research and service delivery, and covers a wealth of salient issues, including: * The impact of epidemiology on public health policy. * Epidemiology as an essential element of infection prevention and control. * Data sources with implications for population-based health services planning and evaluation. * Epidemiology as a driver of quality health care. * Screening and surveillance in health promotion. * Epidemiology as a means of fostering patient safety. * Health service strategies for reducing epidemiologically identified environmental health risks. __Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services__, Third Edition, is ideally suited to graduate students in health administration, public health, health information management, nursing, and allied fields. It also makes an excellent text for graduate courses in epidemiology, health care policy and health services research.

Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services

Methods and Applications, Third Edition

Denise M. Oleske, Davenport University, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Rising costs, aging and growing populations, and increasing competition for funds and resources are shifting the focus of health care delivery and management from the individual patient to the patient population. This change calls for more effective targeting of patients, more efficient assessment of needs and delivery of services, and better use of information technologies to improve population health.

The new Third Edition of Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services is one of the most complete and authoritative works on the subject, brimming with case studies, graphics, action lists, and learning outcomes for ease of understanding. The book’s in-depth epidemiologic framework begins with the basics (defining problems, collecting reliable data, assessing risks), moves on to offer innovative and seasoned techniques for research and service delivery, and covers a wealth of salient issues, including:

The impact of epidemiology on public health policy.

Epidemiology as an essential element of infection prevention and control.

Data sources with implications for population-based health services planning and evaluation.

Epidemiology as a driver of quality health care.

Screening and surveillance in health promotion.

Epidemiology as a means of fostering patient safety.

Health service strategies for reducing epidemiologically identified environmental health risks.

Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services, Third Edition, is ideally suited to graduate students in health administration, public health, health information management, nursing, and allied fields. It also makes an excellent text for graduate courses in epidemiology, health care policy and health services research.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

As the obesity epidemic widens to all age groups and nations, chronic conditions increase in frequency, and populations grow in number, the costs of treatment will exhaust future health care resources. The only alternative is population-based m- agement emphasizing prevention, health promotion, and environmental modifi- tions. Dissemination of information on risk factors derived from epidemiologic studies to evoke individual, community, and policy change is a strategy in suppo- ing this approach. Complementing this needs to be health care services based upon the knowledge and application of epidemiologic concepts and methods to achieve control of existing and emerging health problems given resource constraints and ethical considerations. While some of these health problems and their consequences are predictable and generally addressed by health systems, health care services need to address unpredictable exposures and events as well. Epidemiology also provides a framework for planning health services for unpredictable events such as natural and man-made disasters. This text focuses on the unique application of epidemiology to health care m- agement practice, regardless of the setting of that practice. This emerging discipline termed is “managerial epidemiology. ” Managerial epidemiology draws from the traditional disciplines of public health, epidemiology, and health care management for improving the health of populations, be those in communities or served by health plans or systems. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 An Epidemiologic Framework for the Delivery of Health Care Services....Pages 3-30 Measurement Issues in the Use of Epidemiologic Data....Pages 31-63 Descriptive Epidemiological Methods....Pages 65-90 Epidemiological Study Designs for Evaluating Health Services, Programs, and Systems....Pages 91-129 Screening and Surveillance for Promoting Population Health....Pages 131-150 Strategic Planning and Its Epidemiological Basis....Pages 151-177 Front Matter....Pages 180-180 The Role of Managerial Epidemiology in Infection Prevention and Control....Pages 181-209 Health Risks from the Environment: Challenges to Health Service Delivery....Pages 211-233 Delivering Health Care with Quality: Epidemiological Considerations....Pages 235-268 Advancing Patient Safety Through the Practice of Managerial Epidemiology....Pages 269-297 Front Matter....Pages 300-300 Epidemiology and the Public Policy Process....Pages 301-317 Ethics and Managerial Epidemiology Practice....Pages 319-340 Back Matter....Pages 341-350 Rising costs, aging and growing populations, and increasing competition for funds and resources are shifting the focus of health care delivery and management from the individual patient to the patient population. This change calls for more effective targeting of patients, more efficient assessment of needs and delivery of services, and better use of information technologies to improve population health. This book includes case studies, graphics, action lists, and learning outcomes for ease of understanding. The books in-depth epidemiologic framework begins with the basics (defining problems, collecting reliable data, assessing risks), moves on to offer innovative and seasoned techniques for research and service delivery, and covers a wealth of salient issues This Completely Revised And Updated Edition Of An Outstanding Text Addresses The Fundamental Knowledge Of Epidemiological Methods And Statistics That Can Be Applied To Evolving Systems, Programs, Technologies, And Policies. This Edition Presents New Chapters On Causal Thinking, Ethics, And Web Resources, Analyzes Data On Multinational Increases In Poverty And Longevity, Details The Control Of Transmissible Diseases, And Explains Quality Management, And The Evaluation Of Healthcare System Performance. This fully revised and updated edition addresses the fundamentals of epidemiological methods and statistics applicable to evolving systems, programs, technologies and policies in the healthcare industry. New chapters discuss casual thinking, economics, ethics, and web resources on a global scale