Statistical application and the interpretation of data is important in health care. Review the statistical concepts covered in this topic. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss the significance of statistical application in health care. Include the following:
Describe the application of statistics in health care. Specifically discuss its significance to quality, safety, health promotion, and leadership.
Consider your organization or specialty area and how you utilize statistical knowledge. Discuss how you obtain statistical data, how statistical knowledge is used in day-to-day operations and how you apply it or use it in decision making.
Three peer-reviewed, scholarly or professional references are required.
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Application of statistics in health care :
* Establishing the accuracy of the diagnostic procedures.
* planning of experiments and analysis of results.
* we can define the normal and not normal in the information of various aspects related to health and illness.
* we can do observations on the natural history of disease and it's signs and symptoms and course and it's variation.
* we can assess the treatment of protocol, different interventions used for care and treatment of the patients.
* we can collect the health statistics like birth rate and death rate and analysis and disseminate it.
These are the applications of statistics in health care.
* In statistical significance we can see the relationship between the two or more variables.
* by the seeing of significance we can estimate the quality of the research study.
* the statistics are safety to show proof to the guides and to prevent legal issues.
* By application of statistics we can promote the health.
For example by knowing vital statistics we can improve the health status by reducing mortality and morbidity rates.
* statistics may develops leadership by having all values to explain in an organization when ever they need.
In our organization we can utilize our statistical knowledge like,
To know mortality and morbidity rates.
Ex :
1. Infant mortality rate = number of deaths under one year of age / number of live births × 1000. By application of our statistical knowledge like this we can maintain in health system No. 4 .Answer :
Our statistical knowledge uses in day to day operations like using time, and money and some of observational studies and analysis that information and to get results
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