Time for a Creative Transformation of Epidemiology in the United States

Lauer talks about the need for a creative transformation of epidemiology in the US. Today, despite extraordinary contributions, the value of epidemiology is questioned. Critics cite excess expense, repudiated findings, studies that offer small incremental knowledge, inability to innovate at reasonab...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2012-11, Vol.308 (17), p.1804-1805
Main Author: Lauer, Michael S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology
Changes
Coronary Disease - ethnology
Coronary Disease - mortality
Epidemiology
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Innovations
Male
Risk factors
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Summary:Lauer talks about the need for a creative transformation of epidemiology in the US. Today, despite extraordinary contributions, the value of epidemiology is questioned. Critics cite excess expense, repudiated findings, studies that offer small incremental knowledge, inability to innovate at reasonable cost, and failure to identify research questions with the greatest merit. At a time of unprecedented budgetary constraints, these critics wonder what epidemiology has done for medical science lately.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2012.14838