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Epidemiology

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By: Kara Majors
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Decks in this class (19)

Introduction
Epidemiology 1,
What are the 4 aims of epidemiolo...,
How do you describe the health st...
8  cards
Frequency of Clinical Events
Disease control levels 1,
Return on dollars invested is hig...,
Generalized disease pathway 3
24  cards
Measures of Frequency Prevalence
Prevalence 1,
Prevalence formula 2,
Point prevalence 3
13  cards
Disease Frequency Standardization
Measures disease force assesses p...,
Assesses the amount of effort nee...,
Has time in denominator applies t...
9  cards
Transmission Models
Infectious disease events 1,
Communicability 2,
What does transmission require 3
30  cards
Patterns of Disease
Epidemic 1,
Endemic 2,
Pandemic 3
19  cards
Cohort Studies
Descriptive studies 1,
Explanatory studes 2,
Experimental studies 3
33  cards
Case Control Studies
Cases that present are compared w...,
Case control studies are ______ 2,
Can case control studies be done ...
27  cards
Cross Sectional Studies
Cross sectional studies are also ...,
Unlike prevalence studies ______ 2,
Advantages of cross sectional stu...
6  cards
Diagnostic Testing
What is a diagnostic test 1,
Serology typically refers to the ...,
Titer 3
11  cards
Sensitivity and Specificity
Accuracy 1,
What are 3 things that affect acc...,
2 x 2 table positives and negativ...
28  cards
Predictive Value
Positive predictive value 1,
High prevalence _____ confidence 2,
Negative predictive value 3
10  cards
Altering Diagnostic Test Cutpoints
Measures of association 1,
Diagnostic test endpoints 2,
What is an example of a diagnosti...
11  cards
Serial and Parallel Testing
Serial testing 1,
Only animals that test ______ to ...,
Only animals that are _____ on al...
26  cards
Biostatistics
Point estimate 1,
What are examples of point estima...,
Sampling 3
16  cards
True and Apparent Prevalence
Prevalence 1,
How do you estimate prevalence 2,
Apparent prevalence 3
7  cards
Measures of Impact
What are 2 ways to describe the f...,
Frequency numerically describes _...,
Prevalence 3
26  cards
Validity, Bias, Confounding
External validity 1,
Internal validity 2,
_____ validity requires ___ valid...
23  cards
Causality
Historical theories on disease ca...,
Metaphysical medicine 2,
Natural law 3
18  cards

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