PUBH 6012 Session 3 Questions and Answers |Complete Solutions Graded A+ |100% Correct
Making the Case for Urgent Change •Comparison groups (bar graph or pie chart)
•Trends (line graph)
•Target/scale (map, percentages, or numbers)
•Principle (legal, ethical, political - quantifiable?)
•Does the news count?
Where do I start to find evidence? •Peer review literature
•Government agency reports
•Legal briefs
•Local or state health department reports
•News
•Wikipedia?
Consider Your Audience... •Federal
•State
•Local
•Political/policy interest of the issue
•Budget considerations/limitations
•Subpopulation
•Location
Asking Different Questions (Policymakers vs Analyst) Policymaker
•Policy on Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid enrollment
•Cost and coverage outcomes
•Health care provider payments
, Analyst
•Differences in enrollment by race
•Differences among disabled and nondisabled populations
•Impacts on access and availability for most vulnerable populations
Quality of the Studies •Source of the data (collection)
•Mode of collection
•Pre-post, comparison groups, combination
•Controls
•Limitations and applicability
Types of Research Frameworks •Qualitative: empirical research in which researcher
explores relationships using textual rather than quantitative data (e.g., case study)
•Quantitative: using numerical data; can be generalizable but not always the case
Common Types of Research Approaches •Case studies
•Focus groups
•Surveys
•Patients, consumers, families
•Administrators, officials, providers
•Data analysis
•Administrative
•Clinical
Types of Observational Study Designs •Case-control study (cross-section)
•A retrospective study that starts with identification of people with the outcome of interest
(case) and a suitable control group without the outcome
Making the Case for Urgent Change •Comparison groups (bar graph or pie chart)
•Trends (line graph)
•Target/scale (map, percentages, or numbers)
•Principle (legal, ethical, political - quantifiable?)
•Does the news count?
Where do I start to find evidence? •Peer review literature
•Government agency reports
•Legal briefs
•Local or state health department reports
•News
•Wikipedia?
Consider Your Audience... •Federal
•State
•Local
•Political/policy interest of the issue
•Budget considerations/limitations
•Subpopulation
•Location
Asking Different Questions (Policymakers vs Analyst) Policymaker
•Policy on Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid enrollment
•Cost and coverage outcomes
•Health care provider payments
, Analyst
•Differences in enrollment by race
•Differences among disabled and nondisabled populations
•Impacts on access and availability for most vulnerable populations
Quality of the Studies •Source of the data (collection)
•Mode of collection
•Pre-post, comparison groups, combination
•Controls
•Limitations and applicability
Types of Research Frameworks •Qualitative: empirical research in which researcher
explores relationships using textual rather than quantitative data (e.g., case study)
•Quantitative: using numerical data; can be generalizable but not always the case
Common Types of Research Approaches •Case studies
•Focus groups
•Surveys
•Patients, consumers, families
•Administrators, officials, providers
•Data analysis
•Administrative
•Clinical
Types of Observational Study Designs •Case-control study (cross-section)
•A retrospective study that starts with identification of people with the outcome of interest
(case) and a suitable control group without the outcome
