Statistical Analysis for Decision Makers in Healthcare Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in Changing Times

• Main Author: Bauer, Jeffrey C. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Florida CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group 2009; ©2009
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Delivery of Health Care; Decision Making; Models, Statistical; Statistics as Topic
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• Physical Description: xviii,163 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781439800768; 1439800766

Americans are bombarded with statistical data each and every day, and healthcare professionals are no exception. All segments of healthcare rely on data provided by insurance companies, consultants, research firms, and the federal government to help them make a host of decisions regarding the delivery of medical services. But while these health professionals rely on data, do they really make the best use of the information? Not if they fail to understand whether the assumptions behind the formulas generating the numbers make sense. Not if they don't understand that the world of healthcare is flooded with inaccurate, misleading, and even dangerous statistics. Statistical Analysis for Decision Makers in Healthcare: Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in a Competitive Market, Second Edition explainsnbsp;the fundamental conceptsnbsp;of statistics, as well as their common uses and misuses. Without jargon or mathematical formulas, nationally renowned healthcare expert and author, Jeff Bauer, presents a clear verbal and visual explanation of what statistics really do. He provides a practical discussion of scientific methods and data to show why statistics should never be allowed to compensate for bad science or bad data.