Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective Health Care (IE)

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Overview

Main description

A succinct and compelling discussion of epidemiology and its role in clinical medicine

Medical Epidemiology provides a complete overview of the principles and concepts of epidemiology and illustrates the contemporary relationship between population-based science and the care of patients. Readers will find the most current information on patterns of disease occurrence and risk factors – all clearly linked to clinical practice through the use of Patient Profiles that appear in every chapter.

It is the perfect primer for use in epidemiology courses for medical and allied health students as it utilizes a concise, straightforward, building-block approach to teaching. Epidemiologic concepts are illustrated through the full range of clinical areas and topics, including infectious diseases, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and perinatal disorders. Learning aids include Key Concepts that appear in every chapter; numerous tables, figures, and diagrams; statistical equations; chapter-ending Summaries; and USMLE-style study questions. The fifth edition has been completed revised with new editors and authors and substantial updates to every chapter that reflect the tremendous advances that have occurred since the last edition. Giving the book a stronger clinical focus by including more information about evaluating, summarizing, and using clinical evidence for improved patient care and outcomes.

• Excellent for course review and USMLE preparation
• Explores the epidemiologic implications of emerging issues such as SARS and bioterrorism

Table of contents

Section I: Population Health

Chapter 1: Populations

a. Community

b. Region

c. Country

d. Global

e. Special populations

Chapter 2: Metrics

a. Prevalence

b. Incidence rate

c. Mortality rate

d. Infant mortality

e. Life expectancy

f. Years of potential life lost

g. Disability-adjusted life years

Chapter 3: Patterns of Occurrence

a. Age

b. Race/ethnicity

c. Gender

d. Geographic

e. Temporal

Chapter 4: Global Burden of Disease

a. Study design and goals

b. Mortality patterns

c. Healthy life expectancy

d. Disability-adjusted life years

e. Risk factors

Chapter 5: Social Determinants of Health

a. Definition

b. Whitehall Study

c. Education

d. Income

e. Housing

f. Food security

g. Physical and social environment

Chapter 6: Health Disparities

a. Health Inequities

b. Social determinants

c. Culture

d. Discrimination

e. Access to care

f. Quality of care

Section II. Collecting Evidence for Medical Practice

Chapter 7: Clinical trials

a. Design

b. Subject selection

c. Randomization

d. Blinding

e. Analysis

f. Sample size

g. Limitations

Chapter 8: Cohort studies

a. Design

b. Subject selection

c. Exposure assessment

d. Analysis

e. Limitations

Chapter 9: Case-control studies

a. Design

b. Subject selection

c. Matching

d. Exposure assessment

e. Analysis

f. Limitations

Chapter 10: Diagnostic tests

a. Sensitivity and specificity

b. Positive and negative predictive value

c. Likelihood ratios

d. ROC Curves

e. Limitations

Section III. Assessing Evidence for Medical Practice

Chapter 11: Comparative effectiveness

a. Definition

b. Objectives

c. Approaches

d. Systematic reviews

e. PICOTS principles

Chapter 12: Planning a review

a. Selecting a topic

b. Key informants

c. Analytic framework

Chapter 13: Finding evidence

a. Study eligibility

b. Types of studies

c. Grey literature

d. Possible bias

e. Search process

f. Extracting data

g. Reporting methods

Chapter 14: Assessing the evidence

a. Data extraction

b. Study quality

c. Study applicability

d. Summary table

e. Evidence Maps

Chapter 15: Quantitative synthesis

a. Summary measures

b. Heterogeneous results

c. Subgroup analysis

d. Grading strength of evidence

e. Reporting results