HSS 4331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Case Fatality Rate, Mortality Rate, Knee Replacement
2 Oct 2016
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A country has limited resources and several diseases. A statistical value that provides an indication of the condition or direction over time of performance of a defined process or achievement of a defined outcome. Monitors the extent to which diseases are affecting the population. Monitors the extent to which programs are succeeding (progress) Global monitoring of changes in the health of various populations requires the use of tried and true global health indicators. However, we also need indicators that are relevant to contemporary patterns of disease and their determinants. This year in deonandia, new disease called old fart disease : 1% fatal to those under 65 accounts for 10% of all fatalities. Indicator selection depends on what you"re trying to measure. Validity: if unemployment rate is only measured by the number of people applying for jobs, it doesn"t. 2) take into consideration the number of people who already gave up looking for jobs.
