Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services and the dissemination of this information to policy makers and the general public.

Upcoming Events

Mar 6 9-10:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research In Search of a Claims-Based Hospitalization Risk Prediction Model Harold Carmel, MD, Vice President for Clinical Services, Care Management Technologies Consulting Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine -- Duke, Developmental Epidemiology & Services, Brightleaf Square, Main St. Durham
Mar 12 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Using qualitative methods to inform quantitative methods Jennifer Craft-Morgan -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Mar 19 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Long term acute care study Kathleen Dalton -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Mar 20 9-10:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research Global Mental Health: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Grieving Youth in Tanzania Karen E. O'Donnell, Ph.D. Associate Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Duke University Medical Center -- Duke Developmental Epidemiology & Services, Suite 22, Brightleaf Sq., 905 W. Main St., Durham, NC
Apr 2 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Understanding high financial performance in Critical Access Hospitals: A mixed methods approach George Pink -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Apr 3 9-10:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research 50 States as Laboratory: Quasi-Experimental Panel-Data Methods Philip J. Cook, PhD ITT/Terry Sanford Professor Public Policy, Professor of Economics and Sociology, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University -- Duke, Developmental Epidemiology & Services, Brightleaf Square, Main St. Durham
Apr 23 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Giselle Corbie-Smith The IOM committee on CER standards -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
May 1 9-10:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research Mandating Community Treatment for Mental Illness John Monahan, Ph.D. John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences University of Virginia -- Duke Developmental Epidemiology & Services, Brightleaf Sq, Durham, NC
May 15 9-10:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research Bringing Mental Health into the Mainstream of Healthcare Quality Measurement Harold A. Pincus, MD Professor and Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives Department of Psychiatry Columbia University Director of Quality and Outcomes Research, New York-Presbyterian Hospital -- Sheps Center 1st flr , DeFriese Room 150
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What's New?

The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute has released an update to their online, interactive atlas of the surgical workforce in the US. This updated version includes data on surgical sub-specialties, population data, and health access indicators. [Atlas]
The NC Health Profession Data System has released the Spring 2011 Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report. [report]
The NC Health Professions Data System has released the 2010 health professions data. [Data book] [Data]
The NC Health Profession Data System has released the Fall 2010 Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report. [cover letter] [report]
Tom Ricketts, PhD, Sheps Center, was appointed to the National Health Care Workforce Commission. [news release]
The 2009 NC Health Professions Data are now available. [Data book] [Data]
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute has released an online, interactive atlas of the surgical workforce in the US. [Atlas] [Press release]
The NC Health Professions Data System has released a new report entitled, "Trends in the Supply of Pharmacists in North Carolina," [link to report]
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD and Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-term Care announce publication of a first-of-its-kind manual to improve practices and inform policies in assisted living communities through the use of a collaborative method of research – community-based participatory research (CBPR). Press release link pdf manual link
Dr. Gerald Gartlehner presented a 'Critical Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials' as part of the RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center seminar series. To view presentation slides visit this [link]
New Findings Brief: Updating Uninsured Estimates in an Economic Downturn [link]
The Center for Women's Health Research has moved to its new location in Southern Village. Contact information: CWHR, 104B Market Street, Campus Box #7521, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Telephone: 919-843-7720. Please check their website at www.cwhr.unc.edu for details.

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