Conference Support for the 2008 International Conference on Health Policy Statist

2008 年国际卫生政策统计学家会议的会议支持

• 批准号: 7408224
• 负责人: Ron Wasserstein
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-12-20 至 2008-12-19
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7408224
• 关键词: Conference; Support; 2008; International; Health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The international conference on Health Policy statistics: Striving for consensus on Methods is a scientific conference that focuses on the interplay between heath policy and research methodology. Its specific aim is to create an educational and research forum for statisticians, psychometricians, and other experts in research methodology to exchange and build on ideas, discuss research needs, and develop solutions to methodological challenges. Technical areas of the program will hierarchical models, strategies for addressing missing data, longitudinal data analysis, propensity score analyses, health status measurement and assessment, techniques for improving access to health care and measuring quality of care, spatial analysis, cluster randomization, and economic evaluations. These methodologies are aimed toward improving outcomes, quality, access to, cost and utilization of health care services, as well as toward a better understanding of special needs of understudied populations (including women and minorities), in clinical areas in mental illness and in other chronic conditions. Databases featured in presentations include the Medical Expenditure Survey and the National Health Interview Survey, among others. In addition to invited and contributed sessions, the program will offer workshops intended to provide research training and career development in an educational forum where research faculty and students are brought together. Part of the program will concentrate on the design, measurement, and statistical challenges inherent in conducting mental health services research. Also featured will be studies on the reliability and validity of instruments. Databases featured in presentations will include the Medical Expenditure Survey and the National Health Interview Survey, among others. The conference is sponsored by the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association. Funding will be used to help offset some of the conference costs and reduce the financial barrier so as to encourage broader participation in the conference especially by the students and junior researchers.

描述(由申请者提供)：国际卫生政策统计会议：争取就方法达成共识是一次科学会议，重点关注卫生政策和研究方法之间的相互作用。它的具体目标是为统计学家、心理测量学家和其他研究方法论专家创建一个教育和研究论坛，以交流和建立想法，讨论研究需求，并为方法学挑战制定解决方案。该方案的技术领域将包括分层模型、处理缺失数据的战略、纵向数据分析、倾向得分分析、健康状况衡量和评估、改善获得医疗保健和衡量护理质量的技术、空间分析、集群随机化和经济评估。这些方法旨在改善保健服务的成果、质量、可获得性、费用和利用率，以及更好地了解未得到充分研究的人群(包括妇女和少数群体)、临床领域、精神疾病和其他慢性病患者的特殊需求。演示文稿中的数据库包括医疗支出调查和全国健康访谈调查等。除了邀请和贡献的课程外，该计划还将提供研讨会，旨在通过教育论坛提供研究培训和职业发展，研究人员和学生将聚集在一起。该计划的一部分将集中在进行心理健康服务研究的设计、测量和统计方面的挑战。此外，还将对工具的可靠性和有效性进行研究。演示文稿中的数据库将包括医疗支出调查和全国健康访谈调查等。这次会议由美国统计协会卫生政策统计部主办。资金将用于帮助抵消一些会议费用和减少财政障碍，以鼓励更广泛地参与会议，特别是学生和初级研究人员。