Managerial Epidemiology

by Fleming, Steven T.

• ISBN13: 9781567931297
• ISBN10: 1567931294
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: HLTH-AD

Author Biography

Steven T. Fleming, Ph.D. is an associate professor of health services management at the University of Kentucky F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D. is the Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of health services research and policy and professor of preventive medicine and environmental health at the University of Kentucky Thomas C. Tucker, M.P.H. is an associate professor of health services management at the University of Kentucky with a joint appointment in the School of Public Health Keith E. Boles, Ph.D. is an associate professor of health services finance in the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri in Columbia Joel M. Lee, Dr.P.H. is a professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Division of Health Services Management with the University of Kentucky College of Allied Health Professions. He is also the director of the Doctor of Public Health program in the Kentucky School of Public Health and a faculty associate with the Center for Health Services Management and Research John N. Lewis, M.D., M.P.H. is the corporate medical director for Health Care Excel, Incorporated Kevin C. Lomax, M.H.A.C. is a doctoral student in the Ph.D. program in gerontology at the University of Kentucky Kevin A. Pearce, MD, M.P.H. is the Michael Rankin Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He is a faculty associate in the UK Center for Health Services Management and Research and holds a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Mary Kay Rayens, Ph.D. is the associate director of the Biostatistics Consulting Unit in the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center and is a research assistant professor in the colleges of nursing and medicine at the University of Kentucky Lyle B. Snider, Ph.D. is the research director of the University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health in Hazard with an appointment as assistant professor of health services management at the University of Kentucky. He is a faculty associate at the UK Center for Health Services Management and Research and the University's Appalachian Center

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
PART I Managerial Epidemiology: Principles and Tools
An Introduction to Managerial Epidemiology	3	(8)
Thomas C. Tucker
Steven T. Fleming
F. Douglas Scutchfield
Principles and Concepts of Epidemiology	11	(22)
F. Douglas Scutchfield
Steven T. Fleming
Statistical Tools Used in Applying Epidemiological Concepts to the Management of Healthcare Resources	33	(26)
Mary Kay Rayens
Thomas C. Tucker
Case-Control Studies	59	(20)
Steven T. Fleming
Cohort Studies	79	(18)
John N. Lewis
Steven T. Fleming
Randomized Clinical Trials	97	(24)
Steven T. Fleming
PART II Application of Managerial Epidemiology to Health Services Management
Epidemiology and the Planning Function	121	(26)
F. Douglas Scutchfield
Joel M. Lee
Steven T. Fleming
Epidemiology and the Directing Function	147	(16)
Kevin C. Lomax
Steven T. Fleming
Epidemiology and the Controlling Function	163	(26)
Steven T. Fleming
Epidemiology and the Organizing and Staffing Functions	189	(22)
Lyle B. Snider
Steven T. Fleming
Epidemiology and Financial Management	211	(22)
Keith E. Boles
Steven T. Fleming
Clinical Epidemiology	233	(24)
Kevin A. Pearce
F. Douglas Scutchfield
Integrative Decision Making and Managerial Epidemiology	257	(10)
F. Douglas Scutchfield
Steven T. Fleming
Thomas C. Tucker
List of Acronyms	267	(2)
Index	269	(6)
About the Author	275