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Go to slide: 1: "Public Health Challenges for Parkinson's Disease in the US" 2: Context and Goals 3: US Health Care System 4: PD Organizations in the US 5: Political Strength 6: NIH PD Research Agenda 7: Public Health Action Plan for PD 8: Public Health Concept 9: Scientific Tools of Public Health 10: Emphasis on Prevention 11: Literature Review on 12: Current Public Health 13: Sources of Information 14: Costs of Parkinson’s Disease 15: Cost and Resource Use 16: PD Use of Services 17: Elevated Comorbidities with PD 18: Costs of Parkinson’s Disease 19: Physician Care 20: Access to Comprehensive Care 21: PDF Access Survey 22: Access to Specialty Physician Services 23: Specialty Physician Care 24: Use of Comprehensive Services 25: Access to Comprehensive Care 26: Summary of Findings 27: Challenges for Public health 28: Focus on Quality 29: A True Mover and Shaker

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Tools of public health. -- Surveillance - ongoing and systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data essential to planning, implementation, and evaluation of population based interventions to improve health. -- Epidemiology - study of the distribution and determinants of health related events in specified populations, and the application of this information to alleviate health problems. -- Prevention Research - identification of causes of illness and progression of disease and development of interventions to resist or block the onset or consequences of disease. -- Outcomes Research - study of results of medical and public health interventions including morbidity and mortality, functional status, quality of life, cost and resource use.

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