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Secondary Data Sources for Public Health: A Practical Guide
Sarah Boslaugh
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Description for Secondary Data Sources for Public Health: A Practical Guide
hardcover. A practical introduction to secondary data analysis, with a list of major sources in the United States. Series: Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Secondary data play an increasingly important role in epidemiology and public health research and practice; examples of secondary data sources include national surveys such as the BRFSS and NHIS, claims data for the Medicare and Medicaid systems, and public vital statistics records. Although a wealth of secondary data is available, it is not always easy to locate and access appropriate data to address a research or policy question. This practical guide circumvents these difficulties by providing an introduction to secondary data and issues specific to its management and analysis, followed by an enumeration of major sources of secondary data in ... Read more
Secondary data play an increasingly important role in epidemiology and public health research and practice; examples of secondary data sources include national surveys such as the BRFSS and NHIS, claims data for the Medicare and Medicaid systems, and public vital statistics records. Although a wealth of secondary data is available, it is not always easy to locate and access appropriate data to address a research or policy question. This practical guide circumvents these difficulties by providing an introduction to secondary data and issues specific to its management and analysis, followed by an enumeration of major sources of secondary data in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Series
Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521870016
SKU
V9780521870016
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99-24
About Sarah Boslaugh
Sarah Boslaugh received her PhD from the City University of New York and her MPH from Saint Louis University. She is currently a Performance Research Analyst for BJC Healthcare in Saint Louis, MO, and has previously worked as a biostatistician and methodologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, and Washington University ... Read more
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