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Session: Quantitative Methods for Health Care Services and Research
5142.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
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Quantitative Methods for Health Care Services and Research
The role of quantitative methods is critical for evaluating the effectivness of health care services and rograms. Many of these methods involve the creation, implementation, coordination and analysis of well conducted surveys. This session will present state of the art methods and advances in survey research and analytical techniques necessary for providing and evaluating health care services.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session the participant should be able to: 1. Understand the role of applying respondent driven sampling in survey research. 2. Evaluate limitations of RDD telephone surveys (Community Tracking Study) for estimates of health care utilization. 3. Critically appraise the utilization of mental health care services in the United States and Canada based upon the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health. 4. Describe the methods required for bridging multiple race to single race counts and the usefulness of a checklist form to increase preventive health maneuvers during adult health examinations.
Moderator(s):J. Jackson Barnette, PhD
12:30 PMApplying Respondent Driven Sampling to Recruit Young Adult MDMA Users  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jichuan Wang, PhD, Robert Carlson, PhD, Russel S. Falck, Harvey A. Siegal
12:45 PMLimitations of RDD telephone surveys for estimates of health care utilization: Lessons from the Community Tracking Study  [ Recorded presentation ]
John Hall, Mourad Touzani
1:00 PMUtilization of mental health care services in the United States and Canada: Findings from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health
Debra Blackwell, PhD, Michael E. Martinez, MPH MHSA, Jane F. Gentleman, PhD
1:15 PMBridging multiple race to single race counts: Overview of model and development of revised models for post-censal years  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jennifer D. Parker, PhD
1:30 PMUsefulness of a Checklist Form to Increase Preventive Health Maneuvers during Adult Health Examinations: The PERFORM* Randomized Controlled Trial *Preventive Health, Evidence-based, Recommendation Form  [ Recorded presentation ]
Vinita Dubey, BSc, MD, MPH, Roy Mathew, MD, R. Glazier, MD, MSc, Rahim Moineddin, PhD, Karl Iglar, MD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Statistics
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Mental Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA