David W. Hollar

Trajectory Analysis in Health Care (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Describes a novel approach to health epidemiology

Presents applications to longitudinal analyses of health conditions and behaviors

Presents applications of nonlinear approaches to data analysis

Presents applications of physics and mathematics to health problems

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319596266
• Artikelnr.: 52936262

Autorenporträt

David Hollar, PhD Education, MS Molecular Biology, Postdoc Community Health Disability and Employment, Associate Professor of Health Administration at Pfeiffer University, North Carolina (Current) and of Children with Genetic/Metabolic Conditions at the University of Tennessee (Past).

Inhaltsangabe

Longitudinal Data in Health Care: Opportunities and Necessity.-The Problem of Recidivism in Health Care Intervention Studies.- Current Epidemiological Methods.- Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods.- Linearity Versus Nonlinearity in Variable Associations and Time.- Stability and Reversibility/Irreversibility of Health Conditions.- Chaos Theory and Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions.- Poincare Return Maps.- Health Conditions and Behaviors as Topological Surfaces.- Applying Jacobian Matrices to Health Trajectories.- The Lyapunov Exponent.- Phase Transitions in Health and Health Behaviors.- Applications in Cardiology and Neuroscience.- Applications in Health Monitoring and Geographic Systems.- Causality and Inference.- Health Care Interventions for Long-Term Positive Results.- Appendix A. Mathematical Background.- Appendix B. Sample Programming Code for Examples.

Rezensionen

"The book highlights a number of methodologies to quantify trajectories in other disciplines, primarily physics, and how such techniques may apply to problems in healthcare. ... The book is ... best suited for experienced healthcare investigators wishing to draw interdisciplinary inspiration. ... The book summarizes a number of healthcare problems and quantitative methods to approach them. Techniques covered range from causal statistical models to principles of mechanics." (Aaron C. Miller, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)