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Basic Allied Health Statistics and Analysis
About this book
Think statistics is just for statisticians? Think again! BASIC ALLIED HEALTH STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS, 5th Edition shows how Health Information Management (HIM) professionals wield the power of data to improve patient care delivery every day. To build a foundation for your success, this practical work-text demystifies stats by first demonstrating how to use calculations and then by offering practice in clinical case studies and practice problems. You'll think through the big issues in health care today, consider available data, choose the best statistical analysis, and then make recommendations--just like the pros. And once you have the basic math and stats down, nothing will hold you back! You can master applications such as vital statistics and mortality rates, census and occupancy rates, and more, all while meeting CAHIIM curriculum and competency standards.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Health Statistics: Why Are They Important?
- Chapter 2: Mathematics: Reviewing the Basics
- Chapter 3: Health Data across the Continuum
- Chapter 4: Hospital Census
- Chapter 5: Hospital Occupancy
- Chapter 6: Hospital Length of Stay
- Chapter 7: Hospital Obstetric and Neonatal Statistics
- Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Clinical and Nonclinical Statistics
- Chapter 9: End-of-Life Statistics: Mortality and Autopsy Rates
- Chapter 10: Community Health Statistics
- Chapter 11: Statistics: Learning the Basics
- Chapter 12: Organizing Data for Analysis
- Chapter 13: Displaying Data for Analysis
- Chapter 14: Fundamentals of Research
- Appendix I: Answers to Text Preliminary Questions
- Appendix II: Formulas
- Appendix III: Answers to Textbook Self-Tests
- Appendix IV: Answers to Textbook Chapter Tests
- Index