------Original Message------ From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Course on analysing patient data Sent: 10 Aug 2010 09:30 Hi Adam Hope you´re having a good summer and all is well. Would you mind circulating the following advert to the EHPG mailing list? The course should be of interest to the UK based members the group! Many thanks, Andy Andrew Street Centre for Health Economics Disclaimer: http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm ----- Short course on Analysing patient data: using hospital episode statistics Centre for Health Economics, University of York 2nd - 3rd November 2010 Overview The Hospital Episode Statistics contain details of all admissions to NHS hospitals and all NHS outpatient appointments in England. HES is the data source for a wide range of healthcare analysis for the NHS, government and research community. This intensive workshop introduces participants to HES data and how to handle and manipulate these very large data sets using computer software. Participants will engage in problem-solving exercises, analysing the information in highly interactive sessions. Participants This workshop is only offered to people from the public sector or academia and is suitable for analysts working in NHS hospitals, commissioning organisations and the Department of Health, and for health care researchers and PhD students. Full details are available here: http://www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/short/patient-data/ Andrew Street Centre for Health Economics University of York Tel: +44 (0) 1904 321436; Fax: +44 (0) 1904 321454.