Evaluating Clinical and Public Health Interventions - A Practical Guide to Study Design and Statistics

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell H. Katz is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco and Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital, and Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, USA. Klappentext This book teaches researchers how to evaluate health interventions and simplifies the process of analyzing data. Zusammenfassung This book teaches researchers! whether expert or novice! how to evaluate health interventions. Written in plain language with supplementary tips and definitions to guide the reader! it simplifies the process of analyzing data. It will guide healthcare workers and policy makers in making the correct selection of study design. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Interventions; 3. Evaluating interventions; 4. Randomized designs; 5. Nonrandomized designs; 6. Statistical analysis of intervention trials; 7. Methods for adjusting for baseline differences between treatment groups; 8. Time series analyses; 9. Special issues with intervention studies; 10. Research to action; 11. Conclusion; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell H Katz, Mitchell H. (University of California Katz, Katz Mitchell H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2010
• EAN: 9780521514880
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51488-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Medical research, Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, Clinical psychology, Public health & preventive medicine, Health systems and services, Epidemiology and Medical statistics