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Surveillance Objectives: Descriptive Epidemiology

Infection Control, 1987
This paper addresses the problems associated with defining and classifying events as nosocomial infections, discusses the methods by which rates of nosocomial infection are calculated and their rationales, and presents some specific rates useful in nosocomial epidemiology. Previously unpublished data demonstrate important differences between antibiotic
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Descriptive Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology

2010
We live in the era of evidence-based medicine where “true believers” tend to disregard anything but randomized clinical trials (RCTs) even when assessing the impact of any intervention or diagnostic procedure. However, there are several shortcomings in RCTs, for instance the ability to assess long-term effects and rare outcomes.
Olsen, Jørn, Christensen, Kaare, Murray, Jeff, Ekbom, Anders   +3 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology

2010
Genetics has come to play an increasingly important role in studies of health and disease driven both by new technologies that enable these studies (chromosome analysis, DNA sequencing, genotyping) and by our recognition of the key role of genes and genetic variation in disease causation.
Jørn Olsen, Kaare Christensen, Jeff Murray, Anders Ekbom   +3 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer

International Journal of Cancer, 1985
AbstractThe purpose of this report is to present the descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer using the most recent data available to highlight two characteristics of the disease. First is the great variation which takes place in the frequency of this disease over geographic areas of all sizes.
P, Boyle, D G, Zaridze, M, Smans
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Pancreatic cancer: Overview of descriptive epidemiology

Molecular Carcinogenesis, 2011
AbstractPancreatic cancer mortality rates have been increasing in high‐income countries between the 1950s and the 1980s, and have leveled off or declined thereafter, particularly in men. To provide a global overview of recent pancreatic cancer mortality, we analyzed official death of the world certification data derived from the World Health ...
C. Bosetti, P. Bertuccio, E. Negri, C. La Vecchia, M. P. Zeegers, P. Boffetta   +5 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of agranulocytosis.

Archives of internal medicine, 1992
To determine the incidence of agranulocytosis, a descriptive epidemiologic study was performed.With the use of computerized Medicaid billing data from 1980 through 1985 from Minnesota, Michigan, and Florida, the ratio of persons hospitalized with a discharge diagnosis of neutropenia to persons with any claim for medical service was first used as an ...
B L, Strom, J L, Carson, R, Schinnar, E S, Snyder, M, Shaw   +4 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of genitourinary cancers

Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 1993
The American Cancer Society estimates that, in 1993, genitourinary (GU) cancers will account for about 37% of all new cases of cancer in men and about 4% in women. Approximately 18% of all cancer deaths in men and 3% in women will be from GU cancers. Identifying the differences in the occurrence of testicular, prostate, bladder, and renal cancer by age,
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Descriptive Epidemiological Measures

2005
This chapter has presented common descriptive measures, namely rates and ratios, useful in planning and evaluating health care services, policies, and programs. Rates are used to identify and prioritize health problems within a population,assess variability of the utilization of health care resources, evaluate progress toward achieving health goals ...
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Craniopharyngiomas in the United States

Skull Base, 2021
Arbaz A. Momin, Miguel A. Recinos, G. Cioffi, N. Patil, Pranay Soni, J. Almeida, C. Kruchko, J. Barnholtz-Sloan, P. Recinos, V. Kshettry   +9 more
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Descriptive Epidemiologic Measures

1995
Suppose you were responsible for drafting legislation for a new state-wide public health initiative aimed at preventing unnecessary death from cancer of the uterine cervix. How would you present evidence to show this is a problem? Suppose you were charged with evaluating a new health service provided by a health care system. How would you represent the
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