Clinical Epidemiology

This short, clear text deals with the epidemiological concepts and methods for determining and measuring the factors that affect the outcome of illness.

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This concise text deals with the assessment of the factors affecting the outcome of illness. It describes the epidemiologic concepts, and methods for determining and measuring these factors. It particularly emphasizes the effects of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the clinical context. The various ways of structuring observations on patients are described, and the book shows how such observations then affect the clinical decision-making process.