235208 National Health Care Surveys

Sunday, October 30, 2011: 10:30 AM

Clarice Brown, MS , Deputy Director of the Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
This presentation will describe the data available from the National Health Care Surveys, and discuss data collection methods, analytic considerations, and methods of data access. Examples of how these data are used to inform public health programs and policy will be provided. Participants will also learn ways of applying the data to their individual research interests.

Learning Areas:
Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
List one example of the types of data collected from each of the health care surveys. Describe two ways that NCHS makes information available to data users.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I oversee the National Health Care Surveys. I am familiar with the surveys design and operation and the health care policies and research that the surveys can address.
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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