Statistics in public health

"This book provides a broad conceptual treatment of the statistical issues underlying core public health functions: outbreak investigations, policy development, economic and program evaluation, managed care, and program operations. The theoretical analysis is illustrated with examples from public health practice. For readers interested in a more detailed treatment, there are extensive references to specialized publications." "The authors present a series of quantitative approaches that significantly help public health professionals solve the problems they confront in their day-to-day work. Unlike traditional "how-to" books in statistics, this volume starts with an overview of the range of problems encountered in public health practice, and then presents methods for facilitating decision making."--Jacket.