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Public Health Services & Systems Research: Concepts, Methods, And Emerging Findings, Glen P. Mays Sep 2013

Public Health Services & Systems Research: Concepts, Methods, And Emerging Findings, Glen P. Mays

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The field of public health services & systems research (PHSSR) increasingly is addressing the question of how to assess the value of investments in public health programs, infrastructure, and delivery systems. Progress in quasi-experimental research designs, measurement, estimation techniques, and data sources are yielding important insight.


Cost Estimation Methods: Strategies And Examples For Public Health Services & Systems Research, Glen P. Mays Mar 2013

Cost Estimation Methods: Strategies And Examples For Public Health Services & Systems Research, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

This webinar reviews methods for conducting cost studies in public health settings, including strategies for estimating the financial and ecnomic costs of delivering public health services, and analytic approaches to identifying factors that influence delivery costs. These types of studies are of increasing importance to policy and practice stakeholders given the need for evidence about the return-on-investment (ROI) generated through public health delivery.