An Integrative Metaregression Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology (Publications on Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) - Hardcover

 
9780295991849: An Integrative Metaregression Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology (Publications on Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0295991844 ISBN 13: 9780295991849
Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2015

Synopsis

To provide the tools and knowledge needed in efforts to improve the health of the world's populations, researchers collaborated on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010. The study produced comprehensive estimates of more than 200 diseases and health risk factors in 187 countries over two decades, results that will be used by governments and non-governmental agencies to inform priorities for global health research, policies, and funding.

An Integrative Metaregression Framework for Descriptive Epidemiology is the first book-length treatment of model-based meta-analytic methods for descriptive epidemiology used in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. In addition to collecting the prior work on compartmental modeling of disease, this book significantly extends the model by formally connecting the system dynamics model of disease progression to a statistical model of epidemiological rates and demonstrates how the two models were combined to allow researchers to integrate all available relevant data. Practical applications of the model to meta-analysis of several different diseases complement the theoretical foundations of what the editors call the integrative systems modeling of disease in populations. The book concludes with a detailed description of the future directions for research in model-based meta-analysis of descriptive epidemiological data.

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About the Author

Abraham D. Flaxman is assistant professor of global health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Theo Vos is professor of global health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Christopher J. L. Murray is professor of global health and director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.

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Publisher
University of Washington Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0295991844
ISBN 13 
9780295991849
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
250
Editor
Flaxman Abraham D., Vos Theo, Murray Christopher J.L.