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Health statistics : shaping policy and practice to improve the population's health / edited by Daniel J. Friedman, Edward L. Hunter, R. Gibson Parrish II.

Contributor(s): Friedman, Daniel J | Hunter, Edward L | Parrish, R. GibsonMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. Description: xxiii, 536 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780195149289; 0195149289Subject(s): Medical statistics | Data Collection -- methods | Health Surveys | Statistics as TopicDDC classification: 614.42 LOC classification: RA407 | .H443 2005NLM classification: WA 950 | WA 950Online resources: WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC PART 1: DEFINING HEALTH STATISTICS: CONTEXT, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION ; 1. Defining health statistics and their scope ; 2. Health statistics in historical perspective ; 3. The health statistics enterprise ; PART 2: COLLECTING AND COMPILING HEALTH STATISTICS ; 4. Health statistics from notifications, registration systems, and registries ; 5. Health surveys: a resource to inform health policy and practice ; 6. Administrative health data ; 7. Health statistics from nonhealth sources ; 8. Standards and their use in health statistics ; 9. Linking and combining data to develop statistics for understanding the population's health ; PART 3: USING HEALTH STATISTICS ; 10. Health statistics and knowledge creation ; 11. Why truth matters: the role of health statistics in health policy ; 12. Health statistics in public health practice ; PART 4: IDENTIFYING CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING ISSUES IN HEALTH STATISTICS ; 13. Population health monitoring ; 14. Privacy, confidentiality, and health statistics ; 15. New technologies and health statistics ; 16. Modeling health: the role of simulation models in health information systems ; PART 5: TRANSFORMING HEALTH STATISTICS THROUGH NEW CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS ; 17. Recent developments in health information: an international perspective ; 18. From health statistics to health information systems: a new path for the 21st Century ; 19. Population health: new paradigms and implications for health information systems ; 20. The national health information infrastructure ; 21. Summing up: towards a 21st Century vision for health statistics
Summary: Health statistics have been an essential tool for improving the health of populations for centuries, yet no single book covers the key elements in developing, using, and improving them. This volume fills that crucial gap by providing a comprehensive account of the essential concepts and complex underpinnings of health statistics. It is guided throughout by a comprehensive model of population health that expands the traditionally held view of what factors influence health
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC PART 1: DEFINING HEALTH STATISTICS: CONTEXT, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION ; 1. Defining health statistics and their scope ; 2. Health statistics in historical perspective ; 3. The health statistics enterprise ; PART 2: COLLECTING AND COMPILING HEALTH STATISTICS ; 4. Health statistics from notifications, registration systems, and registries ; 5. Health surveys: a resource to inform health policy and practice ; 6. Administrative health data ; 7. Health statistics from nonhealth sources ; 8. Standards and their use in health statistics ; 9. Linking and combining data to develop statistics for understanding the population's health ; PART 3: USING HEALTH STATISTICS ; 10. Health statistics and knowledge creation ; 11. Why truth matters: the role of health statistics in health policy ; 12. Health statistics in public health practice ; PART 4: IDENTIFYING CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING ISSUES IN HEALTH STATISTICS ; 13. Population health monitoring ; 14. Privacy, confidentiality, and health statistics ; 15. New technologies and health statistics ; 16. Modeling health: the role of simulation models in health information systems ; PART 5: TRANSFORMING HEALTH STATISTICS THROUGH NEW CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS ; 17. Recent developments in health information: an international perspective ; 18. From health statistics to health information systems: a new path for the 21st Century ; 19. Population health: new paradigms and implications for health information systems ; 20. The national health information infrastructure ; 21. Summing up: towards a 21st Century vision for health statistics

Health statistics have been an essential tool for improving the health of populations for centuries, yet no single book covers the key elements in developing, using, and improving them. This volume fills that crucial gap by providing a comprehensive account of the essential concepts and complex underpinnings of health statistics. It is guided throughout by a comprehensive model of population health that expands the traditionally held view of what factors influence health

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