Surgical Arithmetic

Epidemiological, Statistical and Outcome-Based Approach to Surgical Practice
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-57059-672-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 127 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

This book is intended for the practicing surgeon. It is designed to offer practical insights into the essentials of an epidemiological, statistical and outcomes-based approach to surgical practice. Surgeons are invited to begin to develop the requisite skills that will allow them to communicate effectively with their colleagues in epidemiology and biostatistics in order to develop an optimized approach to patient care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosenberg, Lawrence

Joseph, Lawrence

Barkun, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Epidemiologic Methods for Surgery 2. Introduction to Biostatistics: Describing and Drawing Inferences from Data 3. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests 4. Primer on Clinical Trials 5. Linear and Logistic Regression Analysis 6. Survival Analysis 7. A Brief Introduction to Meta-Analysis 8. An Introduction to Decision Analysis 9. Pharmacoeconomics and Surgery 10. The Costing of Medical Resources 11. Databases and Registries12. “Do-it-yourself Outcomes”: Using Outcomes in Clinical Practice to Assess and Improve Quality of Care 13. Technology Assessment

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Rosenberg, MD. PhD., Lawrence Joseph, PhD., Alan Barkun, MD. MSc., all McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada.