Health Services Research Methods II

Health services researchers use theories, models, and data to understand the health care system, assess the effectiveness of interventions (at multiple levels of the healthcare system), and inform health policy decisions. This course reviews the application of statistical and epidemiological principles to the design and analysis of health services research studies with a focus on causal inference methods. Methods and topics we will cover include panel data designs, difference-in-difference, synthetic controls, GEE, random and fixed effects, survival analysis, missing data, IV, propensity scores, research ethics, and statistical methods to study equity. This doctoral level course is the continuation of PHP2455A, and students are recommended to take both in sequence, however students with sufficient epidemiologic or econometric training may enroll with instructor permission.