Oral

The purpose of this session is to provide a forum for public health researchers to present results of their investigations involving a variety of statistical methods. The relevance and importance of the session is to educate attendees about statistical and data collection methods applied to a variety of public health settings: Standardizing Re-measurement Data into Percentile Ranks Using Baseline Reference for VBP's Patient Satisfaction Measures; Analysis of Rater Reliabilities of Incomplete Designs: A Simulation of Partially Balanced Incomplete Designs and Empirical Application; Mortality among SSDI Applicants: Data from the NHIS/SSA Linked Files; and Pitfalls with data collection and data quality in Healthcare.

Session Objectives: Describe several statistical methods applicable to public health problems Explain how statistical methods are applied to public health data Demonstrate the application of several statistical methods to public health data Describe pitfalls in sampling data from hospitals and clinics.

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