Cases on health outcomes and clinical data mining studies and frameworks
Title:
Cases on health outcomes and clinical data mining studies and frameworks
Author:
Cerrito, Patricia B.
ISBN:
9781615207244
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (402 p.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Introduction to data mining methodology to investigate health outcomes -- 2. Data mining to examine the treatment of osteomyelitis -- 3. Outcomes research in cardiovascular procedures -- 4. Outcomes research in the treatment of asthma -- 5. Analysis of breast cancer and surgery as treatment options -- 6. Data mining and analysis of lung cancer -- 7. Outcomes research in physical therapy -- 8. Analyzing the relationship between diagnosis and the cost of diabetic patients -- 9. An example of defining patient compliance -- 10. Outcomes research in gastrointestinal treatment -- 11. Outcomes research in hydrocephalus treatment -- 12. Analyzing problems of childhood and adolescence -- 13. Healthcare delivery in a hospital emergency department -- 14. Utilization of the emergency department -- 15. Physician prescribing practices -- 16. Cost models with prominent outliers -- 17. The relationship between sleep apnea and cognitive functioning.
Abstract:
The studies in this book use non-traditional, exploratory data analysis and data mining tools to examine health outcomes, finding patterns and trends in observational data. This book is ideal for the next generation of data mining practitioners--Provided by publisher.
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Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-723-7