Health Statistics Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population's Health

by Friedman, Daniel J.; Hunter, Edward L.; Parrish, R. Gibson

• ISBN13: 9780195149289
• ISBN10: 0195149289
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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 andcomplex underpinnings of health statistics. It gives a broad and detailed view of the sources and uses of health statistics and explores contemporary issues confronting the health statistics enterprise, including privacy, technology, and the emergence of health data standards. It also proposesfundamental changes needed to improve health statistics that can be embraced by practitioners at all levels of government and the private sector. The book is guided throughout by a comprehensive model of population health that expands the traditionally held view of what factors influence health. Thechapters are grouped into five sections: 1) defining health statistics-context, history, and organization; 2) collecting and compiling health statistics; 3) putting health statistics to use; 4) identifying current and forthcoming issues and 5) transforming health statistics through new conceptualframeworks. This logical organization helps make the book suitable for graduate courses in public health and public health surveillance, health services research, population health statistics, or population health information systems. It will be equally useful for the staff of the manyorganizations that comprise the health statistics enterprise, for health professionals seeking a broader context for their efforts, and for researchers aiming to advance the field of health statistics and their application to health policy or public health practice.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xvii
PART I Defining Health Statistics: Context, History, and Organization
1 Defining Health Statistics and Their Scope	3	(21)
R. Gibson Parrish II, Daniel J. Friedman, and Edward L. Hunter
2 Health Statistics in Historical Perspective	24	(29)
John M. Eyler
3 The Health Statistics Enterprise	53	(28)
Edward L. Hunter, Daniel J. Friedman, and R. Gibson Parrish II
PART II Collecting and Compiling Health Statistics
4 Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration Systems, and Registries	81	(38)
Denise Koo, Phyllis A. Wingo, and Charles J. Rothwell
5 Health Surveys: A Resource to Inform Health Policy and Practice	119	(20)
Jennifer H. Madans and Steven B. Cohen
6 Administrative Health Data	139	(22)
Lisa I. Iezzoni, Michael Shwartz, and Arlene S. Ash
7 Health Statistics from Nonhealth Sources	161	(22)
Walter Phillip Bailey, Amy Brock Martin, Elizabeth H. Corley, Daniel J. Friedman, and R. Gibson Parrish II
8 Standards and Their Use in Health Statistics	183	(31)
Marjorie S. Greenberg and R. Gibson Parrish II
9 Linking and Combining Data to Develop Statistics for Understanding the Population's Health	214
Charlyn Black and Leslie L. Roos
PART III Using Health Statistics
10 Health Statistics and Knowledge Creation	243	(35)
Daniel J. Friedman, R. Gibson Parrish II, Adil Moiduddin, and Alana E. Ketchel
11 Why Truth Matters: The Role of Health Statistics in Health Policy	278	(18)
Judith Feder and Larry Levitt
12 Health Statistics in Public Health Practice	296	(21)
John W. Oswald, Daniel J. Friedman, and Margaret B. Hargreaves
PART IV Identifying Current and Forthcoming Issues in Health Statistics
13 Population Health Monitoring	317	(23)
Michael A. Stoto
14 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Health Statistics	340	(28)
John P. Fanning
15 New Technologies and Health Statistics	368	(19)
Don E. Detmer and Elaine B. Steen
16 Modeling Health: The Role of Simulation Models in Health Information Systems	387	(34)
Michael C. Wolfson
PART V Transforming Health Statistics Through New Conceptual Frameworks
17 Recent Developments in Health Information: An International Perspective	421	(22)
Jennifer Zelmer, Shazeen Virani, and Jennifer Walker
18 From Health Statistics to Health Information Systems: A New Path for the Twenty-First Century	443	(19)
Charlyn Black, Leslie L. Roos, and Noralou Roos
19 Population Health: New Paradigms and Implications for Health Information Systems	462	(18)
Barbara Starfield
20 The National Health Information Infrastructure	480	(20)
John R. Lumpkin and Mary Jo Deering
21 Summing Up: Toward a Twenty-First-Century Vision for Health Statistics	500	(17)
Daniel J. Friedman, Edward L. Hunter, and R. Gibson Parrish II
Index	517