Oral

The purpose of the session is to assess various research methods useful in measuring access to care, health services utilization patterns, and settings in which care is delivered. Special focus is on persons with fatiguing illnesses, premature and low-birthweight infants, and patients with major depression at risk of suicide. County and community level approaches to improving access are highlighted.

Session Objectives: 1. Identify three barriers to healthcare in persons with chronic fatiguing illnesses. 2. List ways a community-based researcher can contribute to community health planning coalitions in a meaningful way. 3. Describe the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to detect measurable suicidality outcomes from electronic health record (EHR) data. 4. Explain why national- and state-level proposals for improving health should consider the county as a fundamental unit of health insurance coverage. 5. Assess the relative efficiency of NICU and non-NICU inpatient settings for pre-term deliveries after accounting for adverse selection and mortality censoring.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)