"This book investigates the impact of climate change in relation to the emergence and spread of global diseases, highlighting epidemiological factors and policies to govern epidemics and pandemics"--P
China’s current social medical insurance system has nominally covered more than 95 per cent of 1.4 billion population in China and is moving towards the ambitious goal of universal health insurance co
Examines the issue of the obesity epidemic in the United States today and proposes ways in which it might be controlled, including education, government regulation, taxing sugary drinks, and limiting
In Get a Job at the Hospital, fictional character Jeremiah Oliver Baumgartner (Job, for short) introduces readers to a wide variety opportunities found (through his adventure and misadventures) at the
Every day thousands of individuals need to make critical decisions about their health based on numerical information, yet recent surveys have found that over half the population of the United States is unable to complete basic math problems. How does this lack of numerical ability (also referred to as low numeracy, quantitative illiteracy or statistical illiteracy) impact healthcare? What can be done to help people with low numeracy skills? Numerical Reasoning in Judgments and Decision Making about Health addresses these questions by examining and explaining the impact of quantitative illiteracy on healthcare and in specific healthcare contexts, and discussing what can be done to reduce these healthcare disparities. This book will be a useful resource for professionals in many health fields including academics, policy makers, physicians and other healthcare providers.
This book provides an overview of statistical methods for measuring and monitoring healthcare performance. It covers the purpose of monitoring, data sources, types of measures for quality and safety o
This pathbreaking book investigates welfare state change in the area of health care- a field widely neglected by comparative welfare state research. While some work on health care expenditure exists,
With practical and realworld examples from data mining to statistics to service science to decision making, this is the first mathematically rigorous treatment of healthcare analytics. Appropriate for
The second decade of the 21st century has witnessed a new surge in emphasis on personalized medicine based on analysis of an individual’s unique genetic make-up as a means to enable more precise diagn
What comfort can an agnostic give people who are suffering or dying? Looking for more meaning in his work, Johannes Klabbers gave up a tenured academic position to spend his days caring for the sick a
This book is a practical, step-by-step guide to rolling out Lean Daily Management in the hospital setting. Often hospital leaders feel lost in the transition process. This book is a roadmap for them t
Like all aspects of society, public health practice has been fundamentally changed by the emergence of electronic and social media as centerpieces of human communication and connection. More than ever
The leading reference and text on the increasingly relevant and important topic of caring for underserved patients and those with highly unique health requirements The timely publication of Medic
AIDS has been a devastating plague in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the long-term implications for gender and sexuality are just emerging.AIDS and Masculinity in the African City tackles this issue
AIDS has been a devastating plague in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the long-term implications for gender and sexuality are just emerging.AIDS and Masculinity in the African City tackles this issue
Is your workplace working for you and your employees? Studies show that unhealthy work habits, like staring at computer screens and rushing through fast-food lunches are taking their toll in the form
The current "obesity epidemic" has been at the top of the national and, increasingly, global public agenda for the last decade, the subject of extensive and intensive concern, scrutiny, and
Janet C. Pittard presents readers with an examination of the history of Ashe County Memorial Hospital and the donors, doctors, emergency personnel, and nurses who planned, built, and opened the hospit
