214393 National Health Care Surveys

Saturday, November 6, 2010 : 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Nancy Sonnenfeld, PhD , Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
This presentation will highlight the data available from the National Health Care Surveys of the National Center for Health Statistics and describe how the data are collected and made available to researchers for their use. Examples of how these data are used to inform public health programs and policy will be provided.

Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. List one example of the type of data collected from the National Health Care Surveys. 2. Describe two ways that NCHS makes that information available to data users.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Associate Director for Science in NCHS's Division of Health Care Statistics and have over 15 years of experience in public health teaching and research.
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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