Adjusted Rates: The Direct Rate (UMAP)

With completion of this module students will be able to: 1) state the conditions necessary for rate adjustment and use them to say whether an adjustment is appropriate; 2) compute the direct adjusted rates for two populations of interest and interpret the computations to compare the overall mortality or morbidity experiences of the populations; and 3) compute and interpret adjusted rates when the confounding factor is a variable other than age.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

1. WHEN TO ADJUST RATES

2. WHAT ADJUSTED RATES DO AND HOW TO COMPUTE THE DIRECT RATE

3. INTERPRETING ADJUSTED RATES

4. REVIEW USING A CONFOUNDING FACTOR OTHER THAN AGE

5. POST TEST

6. RECOMMENDED FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

7. APPENDIX: A STANDARD MILLION

8. ANSWERS TO REVIEW SECTION QUESTIONS

9. ANSWERS TO IN-TEXT QUESTIONS 1-20

10. ANSWERS TO POST TEST

11. REFERENCES