Managerial Epidemiology: Practice, Methods and Concepts offers the most comprehensive overview of the practical application of epidemiology to managerial problems in public and private healthcare settings. The author’s broad-based, holistic approach makes this a unique text on the subject. Each chapter provides specific and practical steps with concrete examples for applying the latest epidemiological methods to analyze and solve problems in healthcare management and administration. It covers basic epidemiological concepts as applied to: Management issues Marketing Small area analysis Geographical Information Systems Primary prevention Health policy models in management problems Table of Contents Chapter 1. Epidemiological Prentive Care: Health Services Management Chapter 2. Managerial Epidemiology and Health Policy Chapter 3. Epidemiology - Population Health in Health Services Management Chapter 4. Epidemiological Measurements Chapter 5. Identifying Problems, Determining Priorities Chapter 6. Descriptive Epidemiology: Person Chapter 7. Descriptive Epidemiology: Place and Time Chapter 8. Demographics: Epidemiological Tools Chapter 9. Evidence-Based Health Services Management - A Practice Approach Chapter 10. Epidemiological Assessment: Small Area Analysis Chapter 11. The Epidemiology of Health Services Utilization Chapter 12. Geographic Information System (GIS)