2011 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS): Advancing Met

2011年卫生政策统计国际会议（ICHPS）：推进方法以改善卫生保健具体目标2011年卫生政策统计国际会议（ICHPS）：推进方法以改善卫生保健，是一个科学会议，重点是卫生服务研究和统计方法之间的相互作用。它的具体目标是为统计学家，计量经济学家，心理计量学家和研究方法的其他专家创建一个教育和研究论坛，以交流和建立思想，讨论研究需求，并制定方法挑战的解决方案。计划中的会议审查了广泛的主题，这些主题非常符合医疗保健研究和质量机构的目标，特别是通过开发，辩论和传播最先进的研究方法来促进医疗保健的质量，安全性，效率和有效性的改善。此外，根据美国统计协会最近为进一步努力使决策者和其他利益攸关方参与卫生政策竞技场而采取的举措，2011年国际卫生政策研究中心将侧重于对与卫生服务研究有关的数据，特别是具有国家和国际重要性的卫生政策问题进行定量分析。受邀项目将涵盖关键的方法和技术领域：因果推断、工具变量、倾向评分、缺失数据插补、异质效应、随机效应和分层模型、纵向和空间建模、Meta分析和证据合成以及新颖的试验设计。最重要的是，它是在政策关注的背景下这样做的，包括比较有效性研究（循证护理，个性化医疗，团体治疗，医疗支出），提供者实践绩效（分析），心理健康政策（抑郁症，药物滥用），健康信息技术（患者报告的结果和护理管理），医生处方模式，FDA批准程序和国家医疗保健改革。除了邀请和贡献的会议，该计划将提供研讨会，旨在提供研究培训和职业发展的方法，资源和应用在当代卫生政策研究的前沿。会议由美国统计协会及其卫生政策统计科主办。资金将用于帮助抵消部分会议费用，并减少参加会议的经济负担，以鼓励更广泛的参与，特别是学生和初级研究人员。本次会议的成果将为未来的研究、政策和实践以及卫生服务研究人员的培训提供信息。 公共卫生相关性：2011年国际卫生政策统计会议（ICHPS）：推进改善医疗保健的方法，是一个重点关注卫生服务研究和统计方法之间相互作用的科学会议。它的具体目标是为统计学家，计量经济学家，心理计量学家和研究方法的其他专家创建一个教育和研究论坛，以交流和建立思想，讨论研究需求，并制定方法挑战的解决方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 2011 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS): Advancing Methods to Improve Health Care Specific Aims The International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS) 2011: Advancing Methods to Improve Health Care, is a scientific conference that focuses on the interplay between health services research and statistical methodology. Its specific aim is to create an educational and research forum for statisticians, econometricians, psychometricians, and other experts in research methodology to exchange and build upon ideas, discuss research needs, and develop solutions to methodological challenges. The planned sessions examine a broad range of topics that fit very well with the goals of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, especially to promote improvements in the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by developing, debating and disseminating state-of-the-art research methods. Moreover, in line with the American Statistical Association's recent initiatives to further its efforts at engaging policy makers and other stakeholders in the health policy arena, ICHPS 2011 will focus on quantitative analysis of data related to health services research, particularly health policy issues of national and international importance. The invited program will cover key methodological and technical areas: causal inference, instrumental variables, propensity scores, missing data imputation, heterogeneous effects, random effect and hierarchical models, longitudinal and spatial modeling, meta analysis and evidence synthesis, and novel trial designs. Most importantly, it does so in the context of policy concerns, including comparative effectiveness research (evidence-based care, personalized medicine, group therapy, medical expenditures), provider practice performance (profiling), mental health policy (depression, substance abuse), health information technology (patient reported outcomes and care management), physician prescribing patterns, FDA approval processes, and national health care reform. In addition to invited and contributed sessions, the program will offer workshops intended to provide research training and career development in the methods, resources and applications at the forefront of contemporary health policy research. The conference is sponsored by the American Statistical Association and its Health Policy Statistics Section. Funding will be used to help offset some of the conference costs and reduce the financial burden of attending the conference to encourage broader participation, especially by students and junior researchers. The products of this conference will inform future research, policy and practice and the training of health services researchers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS) 2011: Advancing Methods to Improve Health Care, is a scientific conference that focuses on the interplay between health services research and statistical methodology. Its specific aim is to create an educational and research forum for statisticians, econometricians, psychometricians, and other experts in research methodology to exchange and build upon ideas, discuss research needs, and develop solutions to methodological challenges.