The Philippine Senate passed on final reading the proposed Php1.227Tril national budget for 2008. The Senate
made revisions on the national budget by accepting the proposal of Sen. Panfilo Lacson that any
savings generated by the government with the strengthening of the peso should be allocated for
education and health projects. Allocation for the 2008 budget is as follows:

· Php138Bil for the Department of Education
· Php90.72Bil for the Departments of Public Works and Highways
· Php50.9Bil for National Defense
· Php26.8Bil for the Department of Agriculture
· Php19BIl for the Department of Transportation and Communications
· Php16.5Bil for the Department of Health
· Php10.6Bil for judiciary
· Php10.18Bil for the Department of Foreign Affairs

The Senate and the House of Representatives will now go on a bicameral conference to harmonize
their versions of the general appropriations act for next year.

Notes: Advanced Statistics

12 November 2007

Topic: Overview of Statistical Testing

The epidemiology of a disease => totality of the associations and inferences about a disease from epidemiologic data (Sanchez)


Inferential Statistics => Use of mathematical procedures to generate estimates, predictions, generalizations

Objectives: STATISTICS 203 - Advanced Statistics

Objectives:

General: At the end of the course the students shall have acquired sufficient knowledge in statistical inference to undertake test of hypothesis.

Specific:
1. formulate suitable hypothesis for a given problem
2. choose the appropriate statistical test
3. infer correct conclusions from reults of analysis

Course Content:
1. Statistical Testing in Research
2. Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tests
3. One-Sample Case
4. Two-Sample Case
- Related Samples
- Independent Samples
5. K Related Samples
6. K Independent Samples
7. Correlation and Test of Significance

Instructional Methods:
Lecture
Exercises
Homework

Instructor: Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH

2nd Semester Class for 1st Year

Advanced Research Design (3 units)
- Dr. Aligue

Clinical Epidemiology (1 unit)
-

Advanced Statistics (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH and Grace E. Brizuela, MD, MSPH, FPCP

Statistics for Managers (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH

Health Facility Management (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH

Total Quality Management (2 units)
- Dr. Quebral and Dr. Battad

Research Methods (2 units)
- Dr. Gonzales

Clinical Epidemiology (2 units)
- Fernando Sanchez, MD, MPH


Total: 16 units

University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center
Graduate School

UERMMMC Graduate School

University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Graduate School is offering:

Master of Science in Public Health
Major:
1. Epidemiology
2. Health Facility Management (including Hospital and Health Center)

For further information please inquire at Graduate School:
2nd Floor, Jose M. Cuyengkeng Building, UERMMMC, Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City
Tel: (+632) 715-8165