Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services

1—An Epidemiologic Perspective for Health Care Management.- An Epidemiologic Framework for Health Services Delivery.- Brief History of the Application of Epidemiology in the Delivery of Personal Health Services in the United States.- Reasons for Applying Epidemiology in Health Services Management.- Feasibility of Using Epidemiology in Planning and Evaluating Health Care Services.- Summary.- Case Studies.- References.- 2—Measurement Issues in the Use of Epidemiologic Data.- Methods of Measurement.- Logistics of Measurement.- Reliability and Validity of a Measure.- Classification of Health Status.- Control of Measurement Error.- Summary.- Case Studies.- References.- 3—Descriptive Epidemiologic Measures.- Measuring the Frequency of Health Events in Populations.- Format of Descriptive Epidemiologic Measures.- Summary.- Case Studies.- References.- 4—Strategic Planning, an Essential Management Tool for Health Care Organizations, and Its Epidemiologic Basis.- Epidemiologic Basis of Strategic Planning.- The Theoretical Basis of Strategic Planning.- The Strategic Planning Process.- The Format and Content of the Strategic Plan.- Conclusions.- Case Studies.- References.- 5—Evaluating Health Care Programs and Systems: An Epidemiologic Perspective.- Conceptual Dimensions of Health System Evaluation.- Analytic Approaches to Evaluation: An Epidemiologic Perspective.- Prospects of Health Services Evaluation.- Conclusion.- Case Studies.- References.- 6—Control of Transmissible Diseases in Health Care Organizations.- Infectious Disease Concepts.- Managing Disease Outbreaks.- Blood-Borne Disease Transmission.- Airborne Disease.- Special Considerations in Infectious Disease Control by Specific Health Care Service Setting.- Conclusion.- Case Studies.- References.- 7—TechnologyAssessment.- Defining Technology Assessment and Its Function.- Categories of Technology.- Technology Life Cycle.- Targeting Technologies for Assessment.- How Is Technology Assessment Performed?.- Who Does Technology Assessment?.- Problems in Performing Technology Assessment.- Future of Technology Assessment.- Technology Assessment and Health Care Reform.- Summary.- Case Studies.- References.- 8—Epidemiology and Health Care Quality Management.- Theory of Quality Management.- Interrelationship between Health Care Quality Management and Epidemiology.- Quality Assessment.- Quality Improvement Techniques.- Improving System Performance.- Summary.- Case Studies.- References.- 9—Managing Health Care Systems from an Epidemiologic Perspective.- Application of Epidemiology in Managing the Delivery of Health Care.- Linking National or Regional Policy Initiatives with Local Health Systems.- Strategically Developing New Services or Planning Changes in Existing Ones.- Projecting the Human Resources Necessary to Provide Health Care to a Population.- Monitoring Institutional Performance with Respect to Population Health Status.- Measuring the Success of Institutional Linkages and/or System Configurations to Effect Changes in the Health Status of the Population.- Conclusion.- Case Studies.- References.- 10— Epidemiology and the Public Policy Process.- A Contextual Framework for the Relationship between Policy and Epidemiology: Public Health.- Public Policy: An Interactive Process.- The Interrelationship between Epidemiology and Public Policy.- Ethical Considerations of Policy Decisions and Their Relationship to Epidemiologic Data.- Summary.- Case Studies.- References.- Suggested Answers to Selected Case Studies Questions.