UNMC College of Public Health Grand Rounds

Two presentations:
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
12:00-1:00 pm
MCPH 3013

“

Leveraging Data for Quality Improvement and Outcomes and Comparative Effectiveness Research.”

Preethy Nayar, MBBS, MS, MPhil, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services
Research and Administration
College of Public Health

Objectives:

1. To describe the use of organizational level data in performance evaluation of health care organizations.
2. To describe the use of patient level and organizational level data in Quality Improvement and Outcomes and Comparative Effectiveness Research.

“An Overview of Economic Evaluation in Public Health.”

Fernando A. Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services
Research and Administration
College of Public Health

Objectives:

1. Describe methods used in economic evaluation.
2. Discuss specific applications of economic evaluation methods to public health topics.
3. Create opportunities to incorporate economic evaluation in future public health-related interventions and programs.

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