Across
- 2. rate: a way of comparing two groups that differ in some important variable by mathematically eliminating the effect of that variable.
- 6. curve: a plot of time trends in the occurrence of a disease or other health-related event for a defined population and time period
- 9. disease: a disease that is marked by long duration or frequent recurrence, usually incurable but not immediately fatal.
- 10. a mistaken identification of persons as healthy or unaffected when, in fact, they have the disease or condition being tested for.
- 14. present at birth
- 15. study: an epidemiologic study that compares individuals affected by a disease with a comparable group of persons who do not have the disease to seek possible causes or associations.
- 16. the relationship between two or more events or variables.
- 18. variables: a factor or explanation other than the one being studied that may affect a result or conclusion.
- 20. analysis: an economic analysis in which all costs and benefits are converted into monetary values and results are expressed as dollars of benefit per dollar expended.
- 21. study: a study of a group of people followed over time to see how some disease or diseases develop.
- 22. the occurence in a community or geographic area of a disease at a rate that clearly exceeds the normally expected rate.
Down
- 1. relationship: the relationship between the dose of some agent, or the extent of some exposure, and a physiological response.
- 3. group: the treated group in a study
- 4. the influence of irrelevant or even spurious factors or associations- commonly called confounding variables- on a result or conclusion
- 5. to health care: the potential for timely use of medical services to achieve the best possible health outcomes.
- 7. functions of public health: three basic tasks performed by public health agencies to ensure conditions in which people can be healthy.
- 8. both the patient and the doctor are blind as to whether the patient is receiving a drug or a placebo in a clinical trial.
- 9. analysis: an economic analysis assessed as health outcome per cost expended.
- 11. level: the usual prevalence of a disease within a given geographic area.
- 12. the removal of a sample of tissue that is then examined under a microscope to check for cancer cells
- 13. rate: number of births in a year per 100,000 people
- 17. group: a group of individuals used by an experimenter as a standard for comparison
- 19. risk factor surveillance survey (BRFSS): A system of health-related telephone surveys that college state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
- 21. rate: the actual rate of events in a population, without adjustment