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Methods Events
AcademyHealth
provides live, in-person educational opportunities for the community of health services researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. These conferences, seminars, and workshops are available throughout the year. Seminars require registration.
View short video
previews
of the 2010 ARM:
Seminars in HSR Methods
by the faculty members.
A variety of methods opportunities are available, including:
Live Webinars and Special Events
Please check back for updates on new webinars and special events.
The 90-minute methods sessions offered as part of the Annual Research Meeting (ARM) are among the most popular features of the meeting. These sessions provide an opportunity for researchers to gain technical information and knowledge on established and emerging techniques of health services research. The next ARM will be held in Boston, MA, June 27-29, 2010; the following is the agenda for the methods workshops:
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Title |
Workshop Chair(s) |
| Sunday, June 27 |
| Recent Advances in Missing Data Methods: Multiple Imputation by Chained Equations |
Elizabeth Stuart, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Composite Performance Measures in Health Care |
David Shahian, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Using Electronic Medical Records Data for Health Services Research |
Jonathan Nebeker, Veterans Administration |
| Methods for Comparative Effectiveness and HSR |
Bryan Dowd, University of Minnesota and Mark Helfand, Oregon Health and Science University |
| Spatial Data and Methods for Socio-Ecological Research |
Lee Mobley, RTI International |
| Monday, June 28 |
| Measuring Health Disparities: Concepts and Methods |
Linda Bilheimer, National Center for Health Statistics |
| Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies: Models and Sensitivity Analyses |
Jack Needleman, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Observational Data Analysis for Comparative Effectiveness Research |
Sebastian Schneeweiss, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
| Methods to Evaluate Quality Improvement Initiatives |
Donald Goldmann, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| System Response to H1N1: Methodological Implications |
Patricia Sweeney, University of Pittsburgh |
| Issues in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
Daniel Polsky, University of Pennsylvania |
| Tuesday, June 29 |
| Realistic Evaluation of Complex Programs: Using Mixed Methods to Uncover Lessons for Health Policy and Practice |
Dennis Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University |
| Hierarchical Linear Modeling |
Maureen Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Addressing Selection Bias in Observational Studies |
Matthew Maciejewski, Duke University |
| Literature Review and Evidence Synthesis: Part 1 |
Meera Viswanathan, RTI International |
| Literature Review and Evidence Synthesis: Part 2 |
Meera Viswanathan, RTI International |
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Seminars in Health Services Research Methods
2010 ARM: Seminars in HSR Methods. AcademyHealth offers pre-conference seminars in health services research methods. The seminars are offered in conjunction with the 2010 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and are ideal for those who wish to develop their skills in new methodologies. Registration for methods seminars is processed through the main ARM conference registration. Attendance at the ARM is not required to attend the seminars. The following is the agenda for the seminars.
View short video previews of the 2010 ARM: Seminars in HSR Methods by the faculty members.
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Title |
Faculty |
| Friday, June 25 |
| Using Medicare Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research |
Marshall McBean, University of Minnesota |
| Understanding and Analyzing Ambulatory Health Care Data - the NAMCS & NHAMCS |
Don Cherry, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
| Qualitative Analysis |
Kelly Devers, Urban Institute |
| Saturday, June 26 |
| Measurement Techniques and Perspectives on Quality Improvement |
Shirley Moore, Case Western Reserve University |
| Pragmatic Trials in Comparative Effectiveness Research |
Penny Mohr and Danielle Whicher from the Center for Medical Technology Policy; Merrick Zwarenstein, Centre for Health Services Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto; Kalipso Chalkidou, National Institutes for Health and Clinical Excellence; Marc Berger, Eli Lilly & Company |
| Propensity Score Analysis |
Thomas Love, Case Western Reserve University |
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Last update: June 22, 2010
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