HSCI 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Palliative Care, Food Preservation, Indirect Costs
13 Apr 2018
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Incidence rate number of new cases per population at risk in a given time period. Mortality rate number of deaths in a given area or period from a particular case. Age-standardized weighted average of specific mortality rates per 100,000 people. Direct costs price completely attributed to production of specific goods/services. Includes hospital care, drugs, physician care, additional costs. Indirect costs costs not assigned to specific products. Causes of cancer: external agents, physical agents: ionizing radiation, physical substances, chemical agents: industrial, habits (alcohol, tobacco), carcinogens, external influences, biological agents: virus, parasite, diet: dietary fat (colon, breast), food preservation, protective substances (giber, citrus fruit, physical inactivity. Components of prevention and control: program activities, prevention (primary prevention, diagnosis (secondary prevention, treatment (tertiary prevention, palliative care, supporting activities, data collection and analysis, public education, research. Screening: rapid test to identify those w/o symptoms for disease.
