Health Services Research: Theodore Ganiats, M.D.
Objectives : Scholars will evaluate relevant outcomes in patient-oriented research from the patient (quality of life) and societal (economic) perspectives and locate potential resources for assessing the relevant outcomes in a wide variety of study designs. They will also be able to describe the relative strengths of different health services research approaches to a clinical problem. Finally, they will understand the components of clinical practice guidelines, including patient preferences, and how these guidelines both depend upon as well as inform patient-oriented research.
Course Content:
Topic
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Content
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| Evidence-based medicine |
Fundamentals of EBM; Reading the literature;
Levels of evidence |
| Survey Research |
Types of survey questions, Developing surveys Measurement principles |
| Patient Safety |
Safety research; JCAHO safety goals |
| Costs |
Types of costs, Costs vs. charges, Data collection Incremental & marginal costs, Types of analyses Perspective |
| Qualitative Research |
Principles of qualitative research, How to perform |
| Quality of Life Measurement |
Quality of life instruments, Patient preferences
Measuring QOL |
| Guidelines and Quality |
Level of evidence/ strength of recommendation
Practice guidelines, Patient preferences
Quality Improvement/ Quality Assurance |
| Cost-effectiveness Cost-effectiveness |
Theoretical foundation, Assumptions, Practical overview |
| Effectiveness Research |
Disease reservoir, Practice variation |
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