Short course: An introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics
The department of Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH), UCL is
offering a short course entitled "/An Introduction to Hospital Episode
Statistics/" which will take place on Thursday and Friday 8-9 November
2012. This practical course will introduce the participant to analyses
using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), which describes episodes of
care in the hospital sector. The course will be of interest to those
considering analyses of HES either stand alone or in conjunction with
primary care database.The practical sessions will be run in Stata, but
the conceptual learning will be applicable across statistical analysis
clients.
In hands-on sessions over 2 days, participants will develop analysis
sets to address questions around length of stay, undertaking exercises
designed to illustrate aspects of HES both in terms of potential and
challenges.Participants will consider specific disease groupings, types
of admission and its implications and linkage with ONS mortality
statistics.We will end with a question and answer panel from recognised
experts in the development of HES and its analysis.
Tutors: Nick Freemantle, Sajan Khosla, Irene Petersen, Rachel Hunter,
Pia Hardelid, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo
*Day 1:*
·Practical session: Introductory Analysis of HES Example
·Introduction to HES
oWhat is it? How is it collected?How is it structured?What are its
potential strengths and limitations?
·HES and ONS Mortality data
·Practical session: Describe the characteristics of individuals in HES
oSocio demographics, diagnoses, admission source, destination
·Examples of use of HES data
*Day 2: *
·Accessing HES Data and linking with Primary Care Data
·Practical session:Multivariable Analyses exercises
oLength of stay and survival (as dichotomy / time to event)
oConfounding, Missing Data, Day of the Week
·Panel session considering HES and future developments
General information and costs
The course will be held in the Department of Primary Care and Population
Health (PCPH), which is situated at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead
in North London.The practical sessions will be based on participants
bringing their own laptop with Stata 11 or 12 installed. However, most
hands on sessions will require participants to work in pairs.Please
indicate at registration whether you will bring laptop with Stata 11 or 12.
Lunch, tea and coffee will be provided and a course dinner will be
organised for Thursday night.
Costs :£350
Registration: Please register on the online form at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pcph/research-groups-themes/thin-pub/short_courses
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Irene Petersen, PhD
UCL
Department of Primary Care and Population Health
Rowland Hill St
London
NW3 2PF
Phone 020 7794 0500 exn. 34395
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