Session: Survey Research and Quantitative Methods for Health Care Services and Research


Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

3386.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral

Survey Research and Quantitative Methods for Health Care Services and Research

The role of quantitative methods is critical for evaluating the costs and effectivness of health care services and programs. Many of these methods involve the creation, implementation, coordination and analysis of well conducted surveys. This session will present state of the art methods and advances in survey research and analytical techniques necessary for providing and evaluating health care services.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this session the participant should be able to: 1. Participants in the session will acquire information and perspectives regarding the capacity of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to permit analyses of the U.S. health care system. 2. Articulate the strengths and weaknesses of the three different ways of determining the cost of illness as discussed in the presentation. 3. Learn the important differences between weighted and unweighted response rates 4. Construct a statistical sampling strategy of US Census tracts to estimate countywide homeless population living in unsheltered conditions.

Presider(s):

Frank J. Potter, PhD

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