213653 Weights and Estimation

Saturday, November 6, 2010 : 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Steven R. Machlin, MS , Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
The appropriate use of weights, and how the use of weights, are mandatory for generating nationally representative estimates with MEPS data will be presented.

Learning Areas:
Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
1) Attendees will be able to demonstrate how to use different weights on MEPS public use files. 2) They will also be able to descrbe the usage of different weights on MEPS public use files.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Deputy Director of the Division of Statistical Research and Methods in the Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT), AHRQ. I work extensively on technical issues related to MEPS survey estimation as well as the design and analysis of health care utilization and expenditure data. I have extensive experience as a statistician at other federal agencies including the Government Accountability Office, National Center for Health Statistics, and Census Bureau.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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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