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What is healthcare statistics?

What are the concepts of the following three terms in health care statistics:
- Data
- Information
- Knowledge

Who are the primary users of health care statistics?

How does healthcare statistics benefit health information professionals?

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This solution of 214 words defines healthcare statistics, explains the different aspects of health care statistics, identifies primary users and how healthcare statistics benefit health information professionals with specific examples. References used are included.

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What is healthcare statistics??

Health statistics represent the collection, organizing,and summarizing of numbers associated with aspects of health that are analyzed by researchers.

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html

What are the concepts of the following three terms in healthcare statistics:

Data in its rawest form represents unprocessed facts and figures, which ...

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