Health Services Research Derived from
Existing Large Databases
Friday, May 2, 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Chairs:
Lucy M. Osborn, University of
Utah Health Sciences Center
J. Michael Dean, University
of Utah Health Sciences Center
This symposium will target young researchers who
wish to investigate health services delivery, cost,
and outcome questions that are best answered through
using large, existing databases. The symposium will
address: (1) what kinds of questions can be answered
through use of existing datasets; (2) what types of
public and private databases are useful and available
and how they can be accessed; (3) what kinds of
computer equipment, programs, and personnel are
needed to manipulate large databases; (4) what types
of analyses are meaningful; (5) pitfalls of using
common statistical tests when analyzing large
databases; and (6) making inferences from results of
analyses of large databases.
Outcomes Research & Evidence Based
Practice
Tuesday, May 6, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Chair:
James M. Perrin, Massachusetts
General Hospital
Changing organization of child health care has led
to new methods of assessing quality of care and
determining health status and outcomes for children.
Colleagues in internal medicine have emphasized
disease management approaches. This session will
describe the current state of clinical pathways and
outcomes research for children and adolescents,
describe recent advances in assessment of child
health status, and provide a perspective from health
services research, academic health centers, and
managed care.
- David A. Bergman, Children's
Hospital at Stanford
Health Services Research and the Assessment
of Quality: An Overview
- Jonathan Finkelstein, Harvard
Medical School
Research and Quality in Managed Care
- Robert Warren, Texas
Children=s Hospital
Practice Guidelines in Academic Health
Centers
- Barbara Starfield, Johns
Hopkins University
Where Does Outcomes Research Fit Into
Health Services Research?
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