Supplement 6 LO 6.01 Give the three types of epidemiology. It is used to assess service needs and assist in planning and marketing, evaluation, and implementation. LO 6.03 List some epidemiological methods. Incidence refers to the number of new cases of a disease that occur in a community over a specific time span.
Prevalence refers to the total number of cases of a disease existing at a particular time.
LO 6.05 Give the contributions of epidemiology to health services administration. LO6.08 Give some factors affecting community need. LO6.09 Give some measures of demand for health services. The Resource Based Relative Value System is a comparable scheme for physician reimbursement. Thus, one can see whether a hospital is more efficient or less efficient than average.