Clinical epidemiology

Author: Huang Zhi-min
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Clinical epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field that combines epidemiology and clinical medicine, developed in the late 1970s. With the growing demand for clinical research and healthcare work, clinical epidemiology has been increasingly valued and applied by clinical medical professionals. The development of clinical medicine and the rapid advancement of epidemiological research methods have continuously driven the growth and refinement of clinical epidemiology, gradually establishing it as an independent discipline. Clinical epidemiology studies and evaluates clinical issues from a macroscopic, population-based perspective, serving as a bridge between clinical medicine and preventive medicine while organically integrating the two. Therefore, clinical epidemiology is an important applied discipline and methodology within clinical medicine.