Sarah E. Boslaugh, Ph.D., M.P.H., has over 20 years of experience
in statistical analysis, grant writing, and teaching; her employers
and clients have included the New York City Public Schools,
Montefiore Medical Center, Kennesaw State University, Washington
University School of Medicine, and Saint Louis University. She
served as editor-in-chief for the Encyclopedia of Epidemiology
(SAGE, 2007), and has published three additional books: An
Intermediate Guide to SPSS Programming: Using Syntax for Data
Management (SAGE, 2004), Secondary Data Sources for Public Health:
A Practical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and
Statistics in a Nutshell (O’Reilly, 2nd ed., 2012).
Boslaugh received her Ph.D. in measurement and evaluation from the
City University of New York Graduate Center and her M.P.H. from
Saint Louis University. She is currently a technical writer and
editor at Saint Louis University in Missouri. She specializes
in data-based articles and explaining statistical principles to the
general public. Her research interests include comparative health
care delivery systems, quality of life measurement, and gender and
sexuality issues in health care delivery. In her spare time, she
reviews films and books for PopMatters (http://www.popmatters.com)
and Playback St. Louis (http://www.playbackstl.com).
"Boslaugh, a statistical analyst and journalist, takes on the
challenging task of compiling health care data from 193 countries.
Each country is objectively analyzed in two- to three-page country
profiles using standardized categories including major health
issues, access to health care, insurance, governments′ role in
health case, and costs of hospitalization. Content comes from
agencies such as the World Health Organization, Doctors without
Boarders and the United Nations Development Programme, as well as
research papers and monographs.... A very useful and informative
book. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates
and above; general readers."
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