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ERIC Notebook

ERIC notebook is published for use by clinicians, health services researchers, and administrators in the Veterans Administration. It addresses key issues, concepts, and healthcare methods of epidemiology, which may serve as refresher notes for these professionals. Each ERIC Notebook addresses a different concept of epidemiology and health services research.

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Issue (click) Title Date
29 Disparities in Health Care Sept/Oct, 2003
28 Health Care Epidemiology: Meta-Analysis May/June, 2003
27 Contextual Dimensions of Health Disparities March/April, 2003
26 Health Care Epidemiology: Evidence Based Practice Jan/Feb, 2003
25 Introduction to Health Disparities Nov/Dec, 2002
24 Health Care Epidemiology: Medical and Health Care Variation Sept/Oct, 2002
23 Health Care Epidemiology: Introduction to Quality of Care May/June, 2002
22 Health Care Epidemiology: Health Outcomes March/April, 2002
21 Health Care Epidemiology Population Perspectives - Part II Jan/Feb, 2002
20 Health Care Epidemiology, Part I: Population Perspectives Nov/Dec, 2001
19 Causality Sept/Oct, 2001
18 Common Statistical Tests and Applications in Epidemiological Literature May/June, 2001
17 Common Measures Statistics in Epidemiological Literature March/April, 2001
16 Information Bias Jan/Feb, 2001
15 Confounding Bias, Part II Nov/Dec, 2000
14 Confounding Bias, Part 1 Sept/Oct, 2000
13 ERIC Notebook Survey May, 2000
12 Ecologic Studies April, 2000
11 Assessment of Diagnostic and Screening Tests March, 2000
10 Randomized Trials February, 2000
9 Caclulating Person-time January, 2000
8 Selection Bias December, 1999
7 Cross-sectional Studies November, 1999
5 Case-control Studies September, 1999
4 Incidence Measures in Cohort Studies August, 1999
3 Cohort Studies July, 1999
2 Incidence v. Prevalence June, 1999
1 Healthcare Epidemiology and the Population Perspective May, 1999