ENVS 4210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Public Health Service Act, Record Linkage, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act
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What are data sets for populations used for in epidemiology. They are used to make generalizations of other populations. 4 criteria for quality and utility of epidemiology data: nature of data, availability of data, completeness, strength vs limits. 4 criteria for quality and utility of epidemiology data: nature of data. What kind of data it is, this affects analysis and inferences made. Can get it from the who (international), cdc (ongoing), us epa (environment), hc admin (hmo/ppo) If we all had a national standard it would help this be easier. 4 criteria for quality and utility of epidemiology data: availability of data. Need consent if using phi form patient and review board. 4 criteria for quality and utility of epidemiology data: completeness. 4 criteria for quality and utility of epidemiology data: strength vs limits. Factors in the data can limit various types of research (case duplication, incomplete info, death data isn"t helpful in cause finding)
