What is the relevance of epidemiology to decision-making in health services? If our ability to launch large-scale experimental studies of health services is limited, what are some alternative approaches to study design? How can we best make use of routinely collected data from health information systems? How can we best synthesize information to make more reasonable inferences? These are some of the questions that Epidemiology and Health Services tries to answer. The book starts with three chapters on strategies for problem investigation, problem solving, and program development and evaluation. These are followed by nine chapters that give a theoretical overview of specific methods and then present case studies. The cases are based on important investigations of health services and are followed by questions and discussions that guide readers through the most salient issues of these studies. This is a book that addresses the needs of a broad spectrum of health professionals. It will help health service administrators, managers and other professional design and conduct evaluative and intervention research on the delivery of health services. And it will give epidemiology and public health students a wider perspective on applicatons of the discipline.

About the Author
Haroutune K. Armenian is Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. He has been actively involved in the development of health services and educational programs for health professionals in many countries for over twenty years. Sam Shapiro is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Reviews
"The descriptions of methods and their applications generally are very well done, and the chapters on public health surveillance and on meta-analysis are particularly outstanding....because of its excellent description of methods of inquiry, this book can be a great help in all countries."--American Journal of Epidemiology "A good book for the researcher or student who is beginning to explore the interdisciplinary work of epidemiology and health services research and policy... a timely and important book. It is well-written and easy to read. Epidemiology and Health Services will serve as a good textbook for an introductory course in health services epidemiology or for health services managers and administrators."--Alexander Ortega (University of Pennsylvania) in Epidemiology Monitor



Book Information
ISBN 9780195093599
Author Haroutune K. Armenian
Format Hardback
Page Count 284
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 644g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 164mm * 21mm