236872 Enhancing Health Surveys through Linkage with Administrative and Geographic Data

Sunday, October 30, 2011: 3:35 PM

Jennifer Parker, PhD , National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
NCHS health surveys have been linked to administrative records, including claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, data from the Social Security Administration, and the National Death Index, and geographically linked to air quality and traffic indicators. Using topical health policy topics as examples, this presentation will describe analytic issues unique to these data. Data access and availability will be explicitly described.

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

Learning Objectives:
List one example of the types of data available from NCHS linked files. 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: As a senior analyst and statistician at NCHS for over 15 years, I have considerable experience with NCHS data, its usefulness for a wide range of topics, and its appropriate use.
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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