Here is the covering letter from the health economists who are reviewing
official health statistics. I understand that the closing date is now April
30.
Dear Customer,
York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC), a research company at the
University of York, has been contracted by the Statistics Commission to
undertake a review of the use of health statistics in the UK. As part
of this evaluation, a questionnaire (attached) is being distributed to
users of official health statistics to ascertain what types of
statistics are being used, and to identify particular concerns of users.
The questionnaire responses will be used to identify issues and develop
recommendations for the Statistics Commission. General information on
the purpose and completion of the questionnaire is also attached.
Users' views are vital to this research. Consequently, your views,
based on your experience as a user of health statistics, are very
important to us.
We would be grateful if you could please complete and return this
questionnaire by Monday, 19th April 2004 to [log in to unmask] If you are
not the appropriate person to complete this questionnaire, we would
appreciate it if you could please forward it to a colleague within your
organisation who has experience in using official health statistics.
We are using several different means of identifying and contacting
potential users of health statistics. Therefore, we would like to
apologise if we have already contacted you about completing this
questionnaire. If you have completed and returned this questionnaire in
response to our previous correspondence, please ignore this message.
If you would like additional information or have any questions, please
do not hesitate to contact Jacqueline O'Reilly by telephone (01904
433620) or by email ([log in to unmask]).
We greatly appreciate your cooperation and thank you for your interest
and for taking the time to complete the survey questions.
Yours faithfully
Jacqueline O'Reilly
Consultant
York Health Economics Consortium
University of York
Market Square
Vanbrugh Way
Heslington
YORK
YO10 5NH
Tel: 01904 433620
Fax: 01904 433628
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.yhec.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Macfarlane, Alison
Sent: 13 April 2004 15:04
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Subject: Statistics Commission enquiry into official health statistics
The Statistics Commission has commissioned health economists from the York
Health Economic Consortium to do an enquiry into official health statistics.
It has sent a questionnaire to a number of organisations, of which Radical
Statistics is one. On the other hand, although professionally involved in
using official health statistics, I haven't received a copy of the
questionnaire at work. In case other people are also in this position, you
can find a copy of the questionnnaire at the address below.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/RADSTATS/
Alison Macfarlane
Department of Midwifery
City University
24 Chiswell Street
London EC1Y 4TY
Tel (44)(0) 207 040 5832
Fax (44)(0) 207 040 5717
Email [log in to unmask]
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