Epidemiologisk

Epidemiologisk is an adjective used in Scandinavian languages to denote something related to epidemiology, the science concerned with the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in populations and the application of this study to public health practice. The term covers methods, data, analyses, and interpretations that pertain to the study of how diseases and other health outcomes occur in groups of people, rather than focusing on individuals alone. In usage, epidemiologisk describes studies, surveillance, modeling, and risk assessments that are framed at the population level.

Its etymology: derived from epidemiologi (epidemiology) with the suffix -isk; the English equivalent is epidemiological. In Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, the form epidemiologisk is common, and compounds such as epidemiologisk undersökning (epidemiological study), epidemiologisk övervakning (epidemiological surveillance), and epidemiologisk modellering (epidemiological modeling) are typical. The term is used across medical literature, public health, and policy to indicate a population health perspective.

Its scope includes measures of incidence and prevalence, analysis of risk factors, study designs such as cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies, surveillance systems, outbreak investigations, and evaluation of interventions. Epidemiologisk work supports understanding of disease patterns, informs prevention strategies, and guides resource allocation.