A1 |
Health Data Interactive (HDI) |
OAE |
Health Data Interactive [PDF - 10 MB] |
A2 |
Understanding and Analyzing Ambulatory Health Care Data: Basic National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) |
NAMCS, NHAMCS |
Basic Data Analysis [PDF - 588 KB]
Basic Overview of The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) [PDF - 859 KB] |
A3 |
Healthy People 2020: Maximizing Use of the New Online Data Tool |
OAE |
Healthy People 2020: Maximizing Use of the New Online Data Tool - DATA2020 Demonstration [PDF - 520 KB] |
A4 |
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM): Procedure Coding System (PCS) Transition Overview and Understanding General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) |
CPHDS |
Impact of ICD-10-CM/PCS on the National Health Care Surveys [PDF - 304 KB] |
A5 |
An Overview of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) |
NHIS |
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): An Overview of Survey Design, Data Access, and Applications to Public Health [PDF - 2.8 MB] |
A6 |
Overview of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |
NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) [ PDF - 4.6 MB] |
B1 |
Beginner's Session: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) |
NHIS |
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B2 |
Analyzing Drug Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) |
NAMCS, NHAMCS |
Analyzing Drug Data from NAMCS and NHAMCS [PDF - 344 KB] |
B3 |
Understanding and Analyzing Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Overview and Basic Analyses |
NHANES |
Understanding and Analyzing Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Overview and Basic Analyses [PDF - 2.6 MB] |
B4 |
Finding Key Resources From NCHS |
OIS |
Finding Key Resources From NCHS [PDF - 1 MB] |
B5 |
Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System, With Special Focus on Analyzing the Multiple Causes of Death |
NVSS |
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B6 |
Cognitive Interviewing and Q-Suite: Methodology, Best Practices, and Tools |
ORM |
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C1 |
Health Indicators Warehouse: Web Access to Population Health Indicators |
OAE |
Health Indicators Warehouse: Web Access to Population Health Indicators [PDF - 3.9 MB] |
C2 |
Understanding and Analyzing Ambulatory Health Care Data: Advanced National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) |
NAMCS, NHAMCS |
Advanced Programming [PDF - 657 KB] |
C3 |
Advanced Session: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) |
NHIS |
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C4 |
The Building Blocks for Using What We Eat in America (WWEIA) |
NHANES |
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C5 |
Getting the Data Right: Best Practices for the National Vital Statistics Birth, Fetal Death, and Linked Birth and Infant Health Data Sets |
NVSS |
Getting the Data Right: Best Practices for the National Vital Statistics Birth, Fetal Death, and Linked Birth and Infant Health Data Sets [ PDF - 5.24 MB ] |
C6 |
Residential Care Communities and Adult Day Services Centers: New Survey Data From the 2014 National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP) |
NSLTCP |
Residential Care Communities and Adult Day Services Centers: New Survey Data From the 2014 National Study of Long-Term Care Provider (NSLTCP)[ PDF - 2.6 MB ] |
D1 |
Using the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) |
NSFG |
Using the National Survey of Family Growth [PDF - 2.5 MB] |
D2 |
NCHS Data Online Query System (DOQS) for the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) Data |
NAMCS, NHAMCS |
The NCHS Data Online Query System (DOQS) [PDF - 264 KB] |
D3 |
Overview of the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS) Project |
NHIS |
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D4 |
How To Become a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Data User |
NHANES |
NHANES Genetics Program [PDF - 169 KB] |
D5 |
How to Produce a Research Data Center (RDC) Proposal, and a National Death Index (NDI) Application |
ORM |
How to Write a RDC Proposal [PDF - 810 KB] |
Plenary I |
Health Disparities and Health Equity |
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Welcome to the 2015 National Conference on Health Statistics [PDF - 1.7 MB]
Measuring health and health disparities: a look at NCHS data systems and the NCHS conference [PDF - 385 KB]
Moment of Opportunity: Reducing Health Disparities and Advancing Health Equity [PDF - 394 KB] |
AA1 |
Improving Understanding of Race and Ethnicity: 30 Years After the Heckler Report |
OAE |
Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality [PDF - 946 KB]
Cause of Death Contributions to Black/White differences in mortality 1985-2013 [PDF - 489 KB] |
AA2 |
Leveraging Meaningful Use for Enhanced Data Reporting in the National Health Care Surveys |
CPHDS |
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Activities for the National Hospital Care Survey [PDF - 1.4 MB]
Developing an Interoperability Standard for the National Health Care Surveys [PDF - 735 KB] |
AA3 |
Assessing and Improving the Quality of the New Birth Data: The Good, the Bad, and the Underreported |
NVSS |
Assessing and Improving the Quality of the New Birth Data: The Good, the Bad, and the Underreported [ PDF - 5.7 MB] |
AA4 |
Data Suppression: If, What, When, Why, How |
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AA5 |
Who Provides Primary Care in the United States? Going Beyond Physician-based Care |
NAMCS |
2015 National Conference on Health Statistics [PDF - 744 KB]
Who Provides Primary Care in the United States: Going Beyond Physician-based Care [PDF - 1.3 MB] |
AA6 |
The Role of the Web in National Health Surveys |
ORM |
Web Surveys in the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP): Opportunities and Challenges [PDF - 459 KB]
Web data collection among office-based physicians: Insights from the Physician Workflow Study and implications for the 2015 National Electronic Health Records Survey [PDF - 584 KB]
The Role of the Web in National Health Surveys [PDF - 591 KB]
Lessons Learned From an NHIS Web-Followback Feasibility Study [PDF - 579 KB] |
BB1 |
Examining Disparities in Urban and Rural Health: Where Are We? |
OAE |
Changing Patterns in Hospitalization and Inpatient Surgery of Rural and Urban Residents [PDF - 844 KB]
Overview of Urban-Rural Classification Schemes Including the 2013 NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties [PDF - 706 KB]
Differential Linkage by Race/Ethnicity and Availability of a Social Security Number in the Linkage with the National Death Index [PDF - 448 KB]
Urban-Rural Patterns of Birth Characteristics [PDF - 1.83 MB] |
BB2 |
Impending Changes to the National Health Interview Survey |
NHIS |
Redesigning the National Health Interview Survey Questionnaire [PDF - 584 KB]
2016 Sample Redesign of the National Health Interview Survey [PDF - 56 KB] |
BB3 |
Small Area Estimation |
OAE, ORM |
Statistics Spatiotemporal Variation in Selected Health Outcomes from the National Vital Statistics System [PDF - 2.5 MB] |
BB4 |
Beyond EHR Adoption: Use of EHRs for Care Delivery Reform, Quality Improvement, and Care Coordination |
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Beyond EHR Adoption: Use of EHRs for Care Delivery Reform, Quality Improvement, and Care Coordination [PDF - 573 KB]
Has EHR Adoption Increased Care Coordination? [PDF - 445 KB]
Assessing Readiness, Achievement & Impact of Stage 3 Care Coordination Criteria [PDF - 220 KB]
Health IT and Health Care Delivery and Payment Reform [PDF - 594 KB] |
BB5 |
Recent Advances in Survey Nonresponse and Measurement Error Methodology |
ORM |
Diagnosing Multiple Imputation Models Using the Propensity Score [PDF - 190 KB]
Modeling Total Survey Error in the 2011 National Immunization Survey (NIS): Children and Teens [PDF - 694 KB]
Imputation for National Hospital Care Survey [PDF - 488 KB] |
BB6 |
Perspectives on Health: Special Topics From Health, United States |
OAE |
Health, United States Special Feature on Prescription Drugs [PDF - 1.9 MB]
Health, United States Special Feature on Emergency Care [PDF - 3.3 MB] |
CC1 |
Teen and Young Adult Health Disparities: More Than Just Sex and Pregnancy |
OAE |
Obesity and diet among US adolescents [PDF - 1.6 MB]
National, State, and County Patterns of Teen Births in the United States [PDF - 3.73 MB] |
CC2 |
Veteran Health: What We Know, What We Still Need to Know |
NHIS, OAE |
2015 National Conference on Health Statistics [PDF - 877 KB]
Understanding Veterans’ Access to Health Care: What We Can Learn from the 2011-2014 National Health Interview Survey [PDF - 367 KB] |
CC3 |
Medication Use in Health Care Settings |
OAE |
Medication Use in Health Care Settings [PDF - 166 KB]
Medication Use in Healthcare Settings: Antibiotic use in the community [PDF - 1.3 MB] |
CC4 |
Progress in Monitoring Sodium Intake in the U.S. Population |
NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Pilot study to assess the feasibilityof collecting 24-hour urine [PDF - 579 KB] |
CC5 |
From Health to Harm: The Burden of Drug Poisoning in the United States |
NHAMCS, OAE |
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning [PDF - 385 KB]
From health to harm: The burden of drug poisoning in the US [PDF - 3.9 MB]
Socioeconomic Disparities in Drug Poisoning Deaths Among US Adults [PDF - 407 KB]
Drug-Involved Mortality (DIM) Project [PDF - 1 MB] |
CC6 |
Health Care Quality and Disparities |
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Plenary II |
The Federal Statistical System: Joining Forces to Meet Future Data Needs and Challenges |
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The Federal Statistical System: Joining Forces to Meet Future Data Needs and Challenges - A Panel Discussion [PDF - 435 KB] |
DD1 |
Near Real-time Mortality Surveillance |
NVSS |
Quarterly Provisional Estimates of Mortality [PDF - 505 KB] |
DD2 |
What Do We Know About the Effects of Recent Changes to the Medicaid Program? |
NHIS, OAE |
Recent Enhancements to the NHIS that Facilitate Insurance Policy Analyses [PDF - 513 KB] |
DD3 |
Sexual Orientation and Health |
NHIS, NSFG |
Sexual Orientation and Selected Health Indicators in the National Survey of Family Growth [PDF - 1.4 MB] |
DD4 |
Student Research Showcase: Highlighting Exceptional Student Research in Health Statistics |
OD |
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DD5 |
Environmental Exposures in Health Studies |
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Blood lead and other metal biomarkersas risk factors forcardiovascular disease mortality [PDF - 782 KB]
Does Creatinine Adjustment Method Affect Estimated BPA Levels? [PDF - 362 KB] |
DD6 |
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality Behavioral Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populations Under the Affordable Care Act |
NAMCS |
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EE1 |
The National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP): A New Resource for Researchers, Providers, and Policymakers |
NSLTCP |
National Study of Long-Term Care Providers: Overview and Selected National and State Results [PDF - 1.5 MB] |
EE2 |
Divergent Paths to Death: Race and Ethnicity Matter |
NVSS |
Disparities in Firearm Injury Mortality, 2000-2013 [PDF - 456 KB] |
EE3 |
State Variations in the Provision and Use of Health and Long-Term Care Services |
NAMCS, NSLTCP |
Variation in physician office visits by patient characteristics and state, United States, 2012 [PDF - 719 KB]
National Study of Long-Term Care Providers: 2014 National and 2012 State Results on Five Major Provider Types [PDF - 1.4 MB] |
EE4 |
Federal Statistics and Social Media: Connecting With Users by Increasing Reach and Engagement |
OIS |
NCHS Evolution into Social Media [PDF - 1 MB]
Leveraging Digital Outreach to Promote Agency Goals [PDF - 583 KB]
Social Media at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [PDF - 45 KB]
Engaging users with video [PDF - 408 KB]
Video captions [PDF - 43 KB]
U.S. Census Bureau Social Media Overview [PDF - 2 MB] |
EE5 |
Getting the Right Match: Using and Evaluating NCHS Linked Data |
ORM |
Getting the Right Match: Using and Evaluating NCHS Linked Data Sets [PDF - 1 MB]
Characteristics of children in Medicaid Managed Care and Medicaid Fee for Service [PDF - 713 KB]
Evaluation of the 4-Digit Social Security Number Algorithm Used for the 2011 Linked Mortality Files [PDF - 461 KB] |
EE6 |
The National Health Interview Survey Early Release Program: Recent Findings and Potential Applications |
NHIS, NVSS |
National Health Interview Survey Early Release Program: Key Health Indicators Report and Preliminary Microdata Files [PDF - 214 KB]
Use of NHIS ER Data for Timely Public Health Research [PDF - 603 KB]
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of 2015 Estimates [PDF - 522 KB]
Problems Paying Medical Bills [PDF - 321 KB]
Mortality Experience of Respondents in the NHIS Linked Mortality Files [PDF - 675 KB] |