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Acquire the best evidence, appraise the evidence, Apply the evidence, Assess the
effectiveness, efficiency of the EBM process (reflection of practice)
Epidemic- sudden increase over baseline
Epidemiology: study of patterns and causes of health outcomes
Incidence approximates risk: incidents in a time period/average population in that time-
period.
Incidence approximates population risk of health events:
For rare events, for events not recurring, and over short time intervals
Prevalence:
Point: # of persons with a condition at a point in time (# living with HIV
today)/population
Period prevalence: number of persons with a condition at any time within a period
Increases with: longer survival, net in migration of cases
Decreases with: faster mortality, shorter period of illness, net migration out
Increased prevalence of HIV due to longer survival.
Useful in determining size of population experiencing a condition