Guide to the United States and the United Nations

Guide to the United States and the United Nations

Author: United States. Department of State

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13:

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From President Truman's letter of transmittal, dated July 3, 1952, accompanying United States Participation in the United Nations: Report by the President to the Congress for the Year 1951.


Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes

Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes

Author: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/AHRQ

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1587634333

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This User’s Guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase understanding of patient outcomes. For the purposes of this guide, a patient registry is an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves one or more predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purposes. A registry database is a file (or files) derived from the registry. Although registries can serve many purposes, this guide focuses on registries created for one or more of the following purposes: to describe the natural history of disease, to determine clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of health care products and services, to measure or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. Registries are classified according to how their populations are defined. For example, product registries include patients who have been exposed to biopharmaceutical products or medical devices. Health services registries consist of patients who have had a common procedure, clinical encounter, or hospitalization. Disease or condition registries are defined by patients having the same diagnosis, such as cystic fibrosis or heart failure. The User’s Guide was created by researchers affiliated with AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program, particularly those who participated in AHRQ’s DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness) program. Chapters were subject to multiple internal and external independent reviews.


Essential Readings in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Essential Readings in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Author: Manya Magnus

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0763738786

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Essential Readings In Infectious Disease Epidemiology Is A Collection Of Readings And Practice Exercises Designed To Complement The Methods Training Presented In The Main Text, Essentials Of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Where The Parent Text Focuses On Methods, This Book Provides Actual Readings And Examples On Which To Practice New Skills. It May Also Be Used In Tandem With Any Introductory Or Intermediate Epidemiology Text To Give The Student Critical Skills In Reading And Interpretation. The Readings Continues To Boil Down Tough Concepts In Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Stripping Away Jargon And Replacing It With Key Concepts That May Be Applied To More Advanced Work In The Classroom Or In The Field. The Book Is Uniquely Organized Around The Themes Of ID Epidemiology (Rather Than By Chronology) And Mirrors The Structure Of The Main Textbook To Create A More Engaging Experience For The Reader. Each Excerpt Includes An Introduction To The Historic Or Cultural Context; A Description Of The "Take-Home" Message Of The Passage, Excerpt, Or Graph. Suggested Study Questions Or Practice Problems Are Also Included.