Public health and healthcare professionals, university faculty, students, and researchers will gain a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the application of epidemiological principles with this resource. As health administration becomes evidence- and population-based, it becomes critical to understand the impact of disease on populations of people in a service area. This book also addresses the need of health organizations' to demonstrate emergency preparedness and respond to bioterrorism threats.

This 321-page publication, written by Peter J. Fos and David J. Fine, introduces core epidemiology principles and clearly illustrates their essential applications in planning, evaluating, and managing healthcare for populations. It demonstrates how healthcare executives can incorporate the practice of epidemiology into their various management functions and is rich with current examples, concepts, and case studies that reinforce the essential theories, methods, and applications of managerial epidemiology.

According to A.F. Al-Assaf, MD, "This book presents material that is both practical and applied in nature. It explains the relevance of epidemiology in healthcare management and shows the reader how to apply the methods and techniques specific to epidemiology in administration. The authors do a good job in introducing quantitative analysis of population data and demographics to the reader taking in consideration the novice level of the average intended reader in such topics as statistics or epidemiology."

This resource is published by Jossey-Bass.