Methods Core

The CHeSS Methods Core for Outcomes and Health Services Research is a BSD core facility dedicated to providing high quality analytical and research assistance to CHeSS affiliates. We offer the following services, among others:

• Research Staff: data collection, management, and analysis.
• Computing Platforms: for analyzing large health outcomes and health services research databases.
• Data Acquisition: both primary data collection and accessing existing data.
• Communication Services: such as audio transcription and manuscript editing.
• Miscellaneous Services: such as poster printing and group software purchases.

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Webinars:

We receive notices of many useful Webinars and forward the best to our email list. (Sign up using the link on the left.) If there is adequate interest, we can sometimes organize these events as workshops.

April 25, 2013 - Introduction to Research Identifiable (RIF) Data

Presented by ResDAC

May 2, 2013 - Introduction to Medicare Utilization Data.

Presented by ResDAC

May 3, 2013 - Getting and Using the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) for Health Services Research: Guidance from the Experts. Presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AcademyHealth.

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Workshops:

On an occasional basis, we also offer workshops on technical topics. Please feel free to suggest topics or volunteer to give a presentation.

There are no workshops scheduled at the present time.

Past Workshops:

• July 23-24, 2012 - Steven Shechter - Simulation in Health Care
• Mar. 28, 2011 - Xin (Cindy) Gao - Joint Modeling Compliance and Outcome for Causal Analysis in Longitudinal Studies [abstract available].
• Mar. 3, 2011 - Sandra Ham - Disparities in Data on Health People 2010 Physical Activity Objectives Collected by Accelerometry and Self-Report<
• Jan. 26, 2011 - Christopher Lyttle - Introduction to MarketScan Data
• Nov. 29, 2010 - Andrea Flores - Review of ResDAC's CMS 101 Workshop
• Oct. 20, 2010 - Ainoa Mayo - Introduction to Microsoft Project