Table of Contents
Health Statistics
Credits
About this Course
Using the Internet version
Goals
What We Will Learn
Exercises Include
Part 1 : Health Statistics and Reference Service
What Users Need
How They Use Statistics
Standard Reference Procedures
Limits to Standard Reference Materials
Types of Health Statistics Questions
Fact Lookups
Research Applications
Health Indicators
Health Indicators
Part 2 How the Internet Increases Access to Health Statistics
The Internet Is a Tool : Not the Complete Answer
The World Wide Web
Tools
Form of Data Needed for Tools
What Is Missing From the Internet
How the World Wide Web Compensates
How to Start Searching
Internet Portals
Two Health Statistics Portals
Go to Exercise 1, 2 and 3
Web Searching
Limits of Search Engines
Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe-characteristics
Detailed Information About Statistical Universe
Statistical Universe Examples
Statistical Universe Home Page
You can specify how you want to search their data base.
Notice you can limit by type of data.
We first look for reports about tobacco regulations.
We selected tobacco industry and specified tobacco reports.
We next selected reports about regulations.
We then limited the search to licenses and permits.
We limited the search to the past two years.
This resulted in a list of articles and reports.We selected a report from MMWR
Here is the report our search retrieved.
Here is a table included in this report.
Table from Portrait of Health in the United States
Example: Statistical Table
Part 3 Understanding Health Statistics
Uses
Health Statistics Perspectives
Why Are Health Statistics Needed
Key Features of Health Statistics
Types of Health Statistics
System of Health Statistics
Health Correlates Include
Health Correlates Table
Source of Lead Level Data
Finding Information About the Methods and Limits of This Data
Key Health Condition Indicators
Health Conditions Example
Cause of Death: Major Groups by Age
You Can Find the Whole Report on the Web
Health Conditions Measured Directly
Health Care Data
Heath Care Example
Days in the Hospital: Selected Diagnoses
Results From an HCUPnet Search
Health Consequences
Diabetes Chart
Health Expenditures Chart
Sources of HCFA Data
State and Local Data
MASSCHIP : an Example of a State Data Base
Finding International Data
Examples of International Sites
Part 4 - The Context of Health Statistics
Perspectives Shape Statistics
Perspectives Also Effect
Origins
Perspectives Effect What Data is Collected
Perspectives Shape Data Collection Procedures
Perspectives Shape Expectations About When Change Will Occur
Perspectives Shape The Definitions of Variables
Perspectives Effect Standards for Reporting Results
Perspectives Set Statistical Standards for Reporting
Health Statistics come from Diverse Sources
Data Is Derived From:
Administrative Data Is Based on Actual Transactions
Key issues for Administrative Data include:
Health Surveys
Health Surveys Issues
Surveillance is Action Oriented
Action Oriented : Surveillance
Hospital Records and Other Records of Care
Other Data systems
Integrating What You Have Learned
What We Know This Far
Part 5 – Integrated Approaches to Finding Health Statistics
Use Health United States As a Starting Point
In Appendix I of Health United States You will find Source Notes
Exploring Internet Portals
Exploring Portals Specific to Cancer
Cancer Portals
Cancer Portals
CDC Web Site
Using the NCHS Aging and Health Database
Building Your Own Tables
For Expert Users
Health Agency Archives on the Web
Test you knowledge and skills
Going Beyond Available Material
What We Learned
Acknowledgements
Thank You for Participating
Daniel Melnick, Ph.D.
Exercise 1
Exercise 1 Continued
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 4 Continued
Exercise 5
Exercise 5 Continued
Exercise 6
Exercise 6 Continued - Sample HCUP Search
Exercise 6 Continued
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 9 continued
Exercise 10
Exercise 10 continued
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Exercise 15
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