Public Health/Healthcare Delivery SIG: Methods for Conducting Healthare Delivery Research

Given recent attention to healthcare reform efforts in the U.S., a greater emphasis is being placed on generating and synthesizing evidence to inform policies affecting the clinical practice of hepatology. In turn, this program will review and teach attendees about the most common research designs and analytic methods associated with the conduct of healthcare delivery research. Specifically, the topics of quality improvement methods, behavioral and health economics research, qualitative mixed-methods approaches, and health disparities research will be reviewed and discussed in depth through a series of interactive lectures and panel-based discussions. Examples based on the field of clinical hepatology and liver transplantation, including relevant peer-reviewed publications, will be highlighted.