Clinical epidemiology : the study of the outcome of illness
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Clinical epidemiology : the study of the outcome of illness
(Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics, v. 27)
Oxford University Press, 1996
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text defines clinical epidemiology in terms of the principles and methods of research used to evaluate factors that affect the outcome of illness. It emphasizes the evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, demonstrates various ways of structuring observations on patient groups, and discusses the nature and strength ofinferences that can be drawn from those observations.
Table of Contents
- 1. Clinical Epidemiology: What It Is and How It Is used
- 2. Diagnostics and Screening Tests: Measuring Their Ability to Predict Adverse Outcome of Illness
- 3. Diagnostic and Screening Tests: Measuring Their Role in Improving the Outcome of Illness
- 4. Therapeutic Efficacy: Randomized Controlled Trials
- 5. Therapeutic Efficacy: Nonrandomized Studies
- 6. Therapeutic Safety
- 7. Natural History of Illness
- Appendix: Some Methodologic Tools Useful in the Planning and Analysis of Clinical Epidemiologic Research
- Index
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