Measuring health care cost and health outcomes for cost-outcome studies from clinical trials data, assessing treatment effects and costs from observation databases, computing cost-outcome ratios. Course objectives are:
- Describe basic concepts and definitions for health services research.
- Focus on measuring care access, utilization, and quality.
- Describe health care finance, including public and private insurance.
- Describe methods to forecast demand and needs for care.
Prerequisites: none
Credit: 2 credit hours, elective
Grade Criteria: Pass/Fail
Semester Offered: Fall
Course Director: T. Michael Kashner, PhD, JD, MPH, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Course Administrator: Mack Dressler, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, E5.506
phone: 214 648-2558, fax: 214 648-3494
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