Course: Introduction to Methods for Health Service Research and Evaluation
Readings
Topic | Readings |
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Introduction | |
Session 1: Introduction to Health Services Research |
Required Optional Bensing JM, Caris-Verhallen WMCM, Dekker J, Delnoij DMJ, Groenewegen PP (2004). Doing the right thing and doing it right: toward a framework for assessing the policy relevance of health services research. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 19:604-612. Ginsburg E (ed). (1991). Health Services Research: Key to Health Policy. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Luft H (1986). Health services research as a scientific process: The metamorphosis of an empirical research project from grant proposal to final report. Health Services Research 21:563-584. Mechanic D (2001). Lessons from the Unexpected: The Importance of Data Infrastructure, Conceptual Models and Serendipity in Health Services Research. The Milbank Quarterly 79:459-477. |
Session 2: Introduction to Health Program Evaluation |
Required Shortell S, Richardson W (1978). The Evaluation Process. In: Health Program Evaluation. St. Louis: CV Mosby Company, Chapter 2, pp. 16-37. Optional Gliner JA, Morgan GA (2000). Research Design and Analysis in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Chapters 1 and 2, pp 3-29. Grembowski D (2001). The Practice of Health Program Evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications Rossi PH, Freeman HE, Lipsey MW (1999). Evaluation: A Systematic Approach. 6th ed. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications |
Session 3: Concepts, Hypothesis, and Theoretical Frameworks |
Required Gliner JA, Morgan GA (2000). Research Problems, Variables and Hypotheses. In: Research Methods in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Chapter 4, pp 43-57. Herek G (1990). Development of a Theoretical Framework and Rationale for Your Research Proposal. In: NIMH Handbook on Developing a Successful Research Application. DHHS: National Institutes of Health. Optional Kerlinger FN (1973). Problems and Hypotheses. In: Foundations of Behavioral Research. 2nd ed. New York: Holt, Rinehrt and Winston, Inc. Chapter 2, pp 66-27. Weinstein ND (1993). Testing four competing theories of health-protective behavior. Health Psychology 12:324-333. |
Research Design | |
Session 4: Research Design: Campbell and Stanley |
Required Shortell S, Richardson W (1978). Evaluation Designs. In: Health Program Evaluation. St. Louis: CV Mosby and Company. Chapter 3, pp.38-73. Optional Campbell DT, Stanley JC (1966). Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research. Chicago: Houghton-Mifflin College Cook T, Campbell D (1979). Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Chicago: Houghton-Mifflin Co. Gliner JA, Morgan GA (2000). Research Design and Analysis in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Chapters 6 to 8 (pp 81d- 123) and Chapters 10 (pp 143-164). Newhouse J (1974). A design for a Health Insurance Experiment. Inquiry 11:5-27. |
Session 5: Research Design: Wasson |
Required |
Session 6: Research Design: Other Examples |
Brook RH, Ware JE, Rogers WH, et al (1983). Does free care improve adults' health? N Engl J Med 309:1426-1434. Newhouse JP, Manning WG, Morris CN, et al. (1981). Some interim results from a controlled trial of cost sharing in health insurance. N Engl J Med, 305:1501-1507. |
Measurement | |
Session 7: Measurement: Reliability and Validity Measures |
Required Gliner JA, Morgan GA (2000). Research Design and Analysis in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Chapter 7 (pp 128-134) and Chapter 20 (pp 309-327). McDowell I, Newell C (1996). The quality of a measurement: validity and reliability. In: Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, pp 29-43. Optional Carmines E, Zeller R (1979). Reliability and Validity Assessment. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, pp 9-27. Nachmais D, Nachmais C (1981). Chapter 2: Conceptual Foundations of Research; and Chapter 6: Measurement. In: Research Methods in the Social Sciences. New York: St. Martin 's Press. pp 29-53 and pp 131-151. Aday LA (1996). Defining and clarifying the survey variables. In: Designing and Conducting Health Surveys. 2nd Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Chapter 3, pp 44-74. Juniper EA, et al (1996). How to develop and validate a new health-related quality of life instrument. In: B. Spilker (ed). Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, pp 49-56. Kozinetz CA, Warren RW, Berseth CL, Aday LA, Sachdeva R, Kirkland RT (1999). Health status of children with special health care needs: Measurement issues and instruments. Clinical Pediatrics (Phila) 38:525-533. Lee Y, Kasper JD (1998). Assessment of medical care by elderly people: General and physician quality. Health Services Research 32: 741-758. Shortell SM, Richardson WC (1978). Health Program Evaluation. St. Louis: CV Mosby Company. Chapter 4, pp 74-97. |
Session 8: Measurement Examples |
Required |
Survey Application and Survey Design | |
Session 9: Proposal Writing |
Required Locke LF, Spirduso WW, Silverman SJ (1999). Proposals That Work: A Guide of Planning Dissertaions and Grant Proposals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Chapter 1, pp. 3-24. Optional NIAID Funding and Council News Center. �All About Grants� Tutorials. |
Session 10: Quality of Care and Its Measurement in the HSRE Context |
Required Donabedian A (1988). The quality of care: How can it be assessed? JAMA 260:1743-1748. Blumenthal D (1996). Part 1: Quality of Care�What is it? NEJM 335(12): 891-894. Brook RH, McGlynn EA, Cleary PD (996). Part 2: Measuring Quality of care. NEJM 335(13): 966-970. Chassin MR (1996). Part 3: Improving the quality of care. NEJM 335(14): 1060-1063. Blumenthal D (1996). Part 4: The origins of the quality-of-care debate. NEJM 335(15): 1146-1149. Berwick DM (1996). Part 5: Payment by capitation and the quality of care. NEJM 335(16): 1227-1231. Optional Donabedian A (1980, 1983, 1985). Explorations in Quality Assessment and Monitoring , Vols I, II, and III. Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press. Institute of Medicine (2001). Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21 st Century. Washington DC: National Academy Press. |
Session 11: Survey Research: Choice of Instrument, Sample |
Required Aday LA (1996). Chapter 3: Defining and clarifying the survey variables; Chapter 8: General Principles for formulating questions. In: Designing and Conducting Health Surveys: A Comprehensive Guide. Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. pp 44-74 and pp 177-199. Optional Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Frankel M, Banks M (1979). Adjusting For Non-response To Specific Questions. In: Total Survey Error. Andersen R, Kasper J, Frankel MR (eds). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp 97-103. |
Session 12: Survey Research: Designing an Instrument |
Required Dillman DA (2000). Chapter 1: Introduction to tailored design; Chapter 11: Internet and Interactive Voice Response Surveys. In: Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp 3-31 and pp 352-361. Foddy W (1993). Chapter 1: An initial statement of the Problem; Chapter 2: A theoretical framework. In: Constructing Questions for Interviews and Questionnaires. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp 1-24. Optional Fowler FJ (1995). Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Chapters 1 to 3. Mangione TW (1995). Mail Surveys: Improving the Quality. Newbury Park, CA Sage Publications, Chapters 2 and 3. Schuman H, Presser S (1996). Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording and Context. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Schwarz N, Sudman S (1996). Answering Questions: Methodology for Determining Cognitive and Communicative Processes in Survey Research. San Fransico: Jossey-Bass. Sudman S, Bradburn NM , Schwarz N (1996). Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Tanur JM (1991). Questions about Questions: Inquiries into the Cognitive Bases of Surveys. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. |
Session 13: Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
Required Optional Bunker J, Barnes B, Mosteller F (eds) (1977). Costs, Risks and Benefits of Surgery. New York: Oxford University Press. Detsky AS, Naglie IG (1990). A clinician's guide to cost effectiveness analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 113:147-154. Levin H (1983). Cost-Effectiveness: A Primer. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Warner K, Luce B (1982). Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness in Health Care. Ann Arbor MI: Health Administration Press. |
Session 14: Application of Information Systems and Secondary Data |
Required Kasper JD (1998) Asking about access: challenges for surveys in a changing healcare environment. Health Services Research 33: 715-39. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Optional National Center for Health Statistics (2004). Health US, 2004. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office. Appendix 1, Data Sources, pp. 393-440 Weiner JP, et al (1990). Applying insurance claims data to assess quality of care: A compilation of potential indicators. Quality Review Bulletin 16:424-238. |
Session 15: Ethics in Health Services Research |
Required Gliner JA, Morgan GA (2000). Research Design and Analysis in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Chapter 3, pp 31-41. Optional |