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Activity Number:
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240
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #301179 |
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Title:
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Research Agenda and Research Resources for Health Status Assessment and Summary Health Measures
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Author(s):
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Edward J. Sondik*+
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Companies:
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CDC/NCHS
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Address:
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6525 Belcrest Rd., Room 1140, Hyattsville, MD, 20782-2003,
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Keywords:
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health status assessment ; summary measures of health ; health preference assessment ; survey methodology ; psychometric methods ; questionnaire design
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Abstract:
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A continuing challenge for population health scientists is to summarize and monitor the health of a heterogeneous population such as in the United States. While many summary measures have been proposed, critical questions remain on their validity and reliability and their usefulness to inform public health policy/research. Advances are needed both in the science and application of health measurement. The paper reports on a Department of Health and Human Services/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workshop to develop a research agenda for summary health measures and tools/databases to support research. The workshop focused on the use of summary measures in both population health as well as in clinical trials and studies. There was also a particular focus on a proposal for an ongoing database to support research. In discussing a research agenda and resource requirements, the participants also discussed human subjects protection, improvements in computer-assisted assessment and increased access to the internet as ways to advance the precision of health status measurement and reduce respondent burden. This paper outlines the results and recommendations from the conference.
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