Advanced Methods in Health Services Research I

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Advanced topics course focusing on extensions of the ordinary least squares regression model and nonlinear methods in health services research. H P A 566 Advanced Methods in Health Services Research IThe objectives of this course are to help students identify problems that may arise in health services research data, understand methods designed to address such problems, and apply those methods to problems that they encounter in their empirical work. This course is part of the methods core in the HPA doctoral curriculum, and builds from students' introduction to research methods which is a pre-requisite course. Students should have a strong foundation in statistical and research methods prior to taking H P A 566. After completing the course, students should be prepared for the beginning stages of data analysis for a thesis and for further advanced level study in health services research methods. Evaluation is based on homework and examinations.