166348 Questions & Answers / Discussion

Saturday, November 3, 2007: 12:00 PM

Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD , Center for Financing, Access, Cost and Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
Karen M. Beauregard, MHA , Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
Anita Soni, PhD , Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Qulaity, Rockville, MD
The purpose of this Q&A session is to give participants an opportunity to discuss and review the presentations given in the first half of the Learning Institute course. Participants will be able to question the presenters in detail on the MEPS data products that include structure and design of public use files, documentation and codebooks. Course attendees will also have the chance to talk about the advantages of using MEPS data files to answer health care research questions.

Learning Objectives:
1) Identify the scope of topics and analytic detail that can be achieved with the MEPS HC 2) List advantages and disadvantages of using MEPS data files 3) Demonstrate an understanding of the structure and contents of different levels of files (i.e. person-, condition-, family-, and event-level files) 4) Identify the contents and features of the AHRQ web site as it relates to MEPS and other Agency data sources

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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