HSCI 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cumulative Incidence, Postpartum Infections, Quaker Oats Company
8 Apr 2020
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Measures of disease frequency: distinguish between incidence and prevalence and determine which should be used in realistic research scenarios, distinguish between rate, risk and prevalence, distinguish between fixed and dynamic cohorts, calculate rate, risk and prevalence. Distinguish between incidence and prevalence and determine which should be used in realistic research scenarios. This answers the question, how widespread is disease d in a population? it is kind of like taking a picture. Concerns existing cases of a disease at a point in time: measures are most useful in the planning of health services. Concerns new cases of disease or other health outcome over a period of follow-up: measures useful for identifying risk factors and assessing disease etiology. Water flows into the tank from the pipe on the left and water flows out of the tank from the pipe on the right.
