5032.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Avoiding Pitfalls and Errors in Public Health Data: Proven Methodologies

Roundtable session
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Gloria Brown McNeil, RN
Table 1Adaptation of an immunization registry for school-based settings
Julie A. Willems Van Dijk, MSN, Wendy McGovern, Thomas Berg, Ellen Schumann, MD
Table 2Automated SAS read-in of HCFA Standard Analytical Files (SAF) by extraction of format information from the SAF Data Dictionary
P John Anderson, PhDMPH, Steven Wright, PhD
Table 3Developing and evaluating the NYS WIC Program caseload and food expenditure forecasting system using time series analysis
Gene Shackman, PhD, Wayne DeNyse, MS, Abdel Hamdan, PhD
Table 4Quality of life: Administrative and methodological pitfalls
Patricia A Taylor, DrPH, MSW, Richard M Smith, PhD
Table 5Validating Medicaid recipients' self-reports of health service use and managed care plan membership using claims data
Rosemary V. Chaudry, PhD, MHA, RN, Nancy B. Schoeps, PhD, William P. Brandon, PhD, MPH, Laure D. Debow, BS
The following abstracts have been withdrawn by the authors:
Assuring data quality in a statewide immunization registry
Jeffrey Weihl, MA, George VanAmburg, MS, MPH, Darren Warner, MA
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Disability Forum; Epidemiology

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA