Concepts of Population Health for University of Phoenix

by Lito Tejada-Flores

• ISBN13: 9780471432937
• ISBN10: 0471432938
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Table of Contents

Section One: Introduction	3	(34)
Definition of Epidemiology	4	(1)
Focus of Epidemiology	4	(1)
Uses of Epidemiology	5	(1)
Health Care Reform	6	(1)
Traditional Role of Health Care Management	7	(1)
The Concept of Populations	8	(1)
New Role of Health Care Management	9	(3)
Summary	12	(1)
Measuring Health and Needs of Populations	13	(24)
Introduction	14	(1)
Counts	14	(1)
Rates	15	(16)
Ratios	31	(1)
Proportions	31	(1)
Summary	32	(5)
Section Two: Designs to Study Health and Needs of Populations	37	(40)
Introduction	38	(1)
Risk and Causation	38	(1)
Typology of Study Designs	39	(2)
Descriptive Study Designs	41	(1)
Analytic Study Designs	41	(9)
Application to Managerial Epidemiology	50	(2)
Summary	52	(1)
Thinking About Topics for Health Surveys	53	(24)
Highlights	53	(1)
Future Health Surveys	54	(3)
Defining Features of Surveys	57	(2)
Reasons for Studying Health Surveys	59	(3)
Framework for Classifying Topics in Health Surveys	62	(5)
Examples of Health Surveys	67	(2)
Steps in Designing and Conducting a Survey	69	(2)
Framework for Minimizing the Errors in Surveys	71	(3)
Supplementary Sources	74	(3)
Section Three: Clinical Considerations in Population Health Care	77	(82)
Introduction	78	(1)
Clinical Trials	79	(2)
Clinical Effectiveness	81	(11)
Managerial Aspects of Validity	92	(2)
Disease Management	94	(1)
Infectious Disease Epidemiology	94	(4)
Managerial Concerns of Infectious Epidemics	98	(1)
Surveillance	99	(1)
Summary	100	(3)
Assessing Population Health Outcomes	103	(20)
Introduction	104	(1)
Health Outcomes	104	(6)
Benchmarking	110	(2)
Best Practices and Practice Guidelines	112	(3)
Health Status Assessment	115	(1)
Quality of Health Care Services	116	(2)
Assessment of Quality	118	(3)
Summary	121	(2)
The Behavioral Ecological Model	123	(36)
Philosophy of Science	123	(3)
Basic Principles as a Foundation of the Behavioral Ecological Model	126	(3)
More Complex Principles	129	(3)
Extension of the Operant Model to Culture and Populations	132	(6)
The Behavioral Ecological Model	138	(8)
Case Applications of the Behavioral Ecological Model	146	(6)
Applications to Other Health-Risk and Health-Promoting Behavior	152	(3)
Conclusion	155	(4)
Section Four: Describing Health and Needs of Populations	159	(28)
Introduction	160	(1)
Health and Disease	160	(5)
Sources of Descriptive Information	165	(4)
Person Variables	169	(9)
Place Variables	178	(1)
Time	179	(2)
Other Descriptive Variables	181	(1)
Summary	182	(5)
Section Five: Economic Analysis of Health Care for Populations	187	(92)
Introduction	188	(1)
Economic Evaluation	189	(1)
Cost Analysis	190	(1)
Discounting	191	(3)
Cost-Benefit Analysis	194	(1)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis	195	(2)
Cost-Utility Analysis	197	(1)
Role of Epidemiology	198	(2)
Summary	200	(1)
Applied Epidemiology for Managers: Emergency Health Care	201	(18)
Introduction	202	(1)
Population Characteristics	202	(1)
Demographics	203	(3)
System Utilization Trends	206	(8)
Resource Utilization	214	(3)
Community-Based Education	217	(2)
Applied Epidemiology for Managers: Hospital Care	219	(16)
Introduction	220	(1)
Population Characteristics	221	(1)
Demographics	221	(3)
System Utilization Trends	224	(6)
Hypothesis Testing	230	(2)
Management Decisions	232	(1)
Managed Care Contracting	232	(1)
Quality of Care	233	(2)
Applied Epidemiology for Managers: Health and Work Productivity	235	(16)
Introduction	236	(1)
Population Characteristics	236	(7)
Health Status	243	(2)
System Resources Utilization Trends	245	(2)
Population Description	247	(1)
Community Relations	248	(1)
Managerial Decision Making and Strategic Planning	248	(3)
Applied Epidemiology for Managers: Regional Pediatric Inpatient Services	251	(14)
Introduction	252	(1)
Population Characteristics	252	(4)
System Resource Utilization Trends	256	(3)
Population Description	259	(6)
Applied Epidemiology for Managers: Senior Care	265	(14)
Introduction	266	(1)
Population Characteristics	266	(3)
System Resource Utilization Trends	269	(5)
Managerial Decision Making: Population Description	274	(1)
Managerial Decision Making: Negotiating Contracts	275	(4)
Section Six: Prevention Marketing	279	(26)
Key Elements of Prevention Marketing	280	(5)
Origins of Prevention Marketing	285	(3)
The PMI Local Demonstration Project	288	(9)
Strengths and Limitations of Prevention Marketing	297	(4)
Future Research and Model Development	301	(4)
References	305