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Clinical epidemiology & evidence-based medicine [electronic resource] : fundamental principles of clinical reasoning & research / David L. Katz

Author
Katz, David L., 1963-
Published
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, [2001]
Copyright Date
©2001
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 295 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: Sect. I Principles of Clinical Reasoning -- 1.Of Patients and Populations: Population-Based Data in Clinical Practice -- 2.Test Performance: Disease Probability, Test Interpretation and Diagnosis -- 3.Quantitative Aspects of Clinical Thinking: Predictive Values and Bayes' Theorem -- 4.Fundamentals of Screening: The Art and Science of Looking for Trouble -- 5.Measuring and Conveying Risk -- Sect. II Principles of Clinical Research -- 6.Hypothesis Testing 1: Principles -- 7.Hypothesis Testing 2: Mechanics -- 8.Study Design -- 9.Interpreting Statistics in the Medical Literature -- Sect. III From Research to Reasoning: The Application of Evidence in Clinical Practice -- 10.Decision Analysis -- 11.Diagnosis -- 12.Management -- App. B Considering Cost In Clinical Practice: The Constraint of Resource Limitations -- App. C Clinically Useful Measures Derived from the 2 X 2 Contingency Table.
Summary
Written as a reference tool and resource for health care professionals, David L. Katz's primer uses clinical examples and extracts from peer-reviewed literature to show how statistical principles can improve medical decision making.
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ISBN
9781452232638 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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