Managerial Epidemiology

Catalog description

With the rapid changes in health care delivery systems, an appreciation and specialized understanding of epidemiology is a necessary requirement for health care administrators. This course is an in-depth study of how to apply epidemiological concepts and methods to the typical functions a management utilizes to identify and address the planning, organization, and management of health services. Topics will include the concepts of health, illness, and disease and their operational measures, the triple-aim framework, biostatistical applications, and epidemiological methods used to identify health problems along with health policy implications. The course will emphasize the use of epidemiological methods in population-based medicine and managerial decision making which is necessary in the delivery of cost-effective, high-quality, health services.