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Statistics are vital in healthcare, and here is why

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The world is full of numerical data. In fact, nearly everything and anything can be converted into numbers. Such numbers can then be analysed to make sense of what they indicate.

The correct term for such analysis is statistics. Governments and businesses rely on all sorts of enumerated data to drive policies, review performance and make appropriate projections.

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