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**Coming EventsHome | Search    NCHS | Contact us****Academy for      Health Services Research and Health Policy**Seminars      in Health Services Research Methods*Using Federal and State      Databases***
**Event:****Seminars in Health Services      Research Methods:  Using Federal and State Databases****Date:** October 30 - November 1**Place:** Georgetown University Conference Center      Washington, DC

On November 1, 2000 a      full-day course on using the different surveys comprising the**National      Health Care Survey** (including the National Ambulatory Care Medical      Surveys, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, the National Nursing Home      Survey, and the National Home and Hospice Care Survey) will be conducted      by National Center for Health Statistics staff as part of the Fall      Seminars in Health Services Research Methods in Washington D.C.

This year's theme is      "Using Federal and State Databases." The Academy for Health      Services Research and Health Policy is sponsoring the seminars with the      Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Health Care      Financing Administration (HCFA), the National Center for Health Statistics      (NCHS), and the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA).

The first day of the      seminars offers a morning plenary session on both federal and state data      privacy issues, led by Lisa Rovin, J.D., DHHS and John Colmers, Maryland      Health Care Commission and a member of the IOM Committee on IRB Review for      Health Services Research.

The afternoon session      includes an overview of the databases that will be presented over the      following two days, including lessons learned from the field.

Participants may choose      one full-day course for each of the next two days of this seminar series.      Courses include:

October 31, 2000:      Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Household Component (HC), the      National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Veterans Health      Information Systems and Technology Architecture System and National      Patient Care Database (VistA/NPCD).

November 1, 2000:      Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), **National Health Care      Survey**, and Medicare/ Medicaid Databases.

For more information on      the seminars and to register online, please see the **seminar      website**.

 

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