Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services and the dissemination of this information to policy makers and the general public.

Upcoming Events

Nov 16 12-1:30	Triangle Health Economics Workshop Medicare, Managed Care and Admission Severity: Evidence from Pennsylvania 1994-2006 Marco Huesch, Duke University --Sheps Center, Room 150
Nov 16 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Dissemination of CER Cathy Melvin -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Nov 17 10-11:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research Add Health Grows Up: Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages across the Life Course Kathleen Harris, PhD, Department of Sociology, UNC -- Sheps Center 1st flr , Room 150
Nov 18 1:00-2:15pm	Health Disparities Seminar Series Probability Sampling of Study Sites for Community-based Clinical Trials Tom Keyserling, MD, Division of General Medicine & Clinical Epidimiology, UNC Ziya Gizlice, PhD., Director of Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, UNC -- UNC Hooker Research Center, room 1001
Nov 20 11:30-12:30	Triangle Health Economics Workshop Title: TBA Sandra Campo, UNC-Chapel Hill --Sheps Center, Room 150
Nov 30 3-5 pm	AHRQ/NRSA Seminar Academy Health/NRSA Abstract Review Jim Bader -- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm
Dec 1 10-11:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research New Age Assertive Community Treatment: Does it Improve Functioning and Promote Recovery? Joe Morrissey, PhD and Gary Cuddeback, PhD, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC -- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, 905 W Main Street (Brightleaf Square), Durham, NC
Dec 2 1:00-2:15pm	Health Disparities Seminar Series Visual Imagery and Cardiovascular Psychophysiology: An Innovative Approach to the Study of Racism and Helath Disparities Enrique Neblett , PhD., Psychology Department, UNC -- UNC Hooker Research Center, room 3005
Dec 4 12:00-2:00	Triangle Health Economics Workshop Title: TBA Denise Whalen and Lauren Raymer Heller, Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill --Sheps Center, Room 150
Dec 11 Time:TBA	Triangle Health Economics Workshop The association between HIV and labor market participation in the Southern African Development Community I-Heng Emma Lee, Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill --Location: TBA
Dec 15 10-11:30am	UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research The Impact of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity: Are the Effects the Same for High and Low Spenders? Haiden Hauskamp, PhD, Department of Health Policy, Harvard Medical School -- Sheps Center 1st flr , Room 150
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What's New?

The 2008 NC Health Professions Data are now available. [Databook] [Data]
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD and Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-term Care announce publication of a first-of-its-kind manual to improve practices and inform policies in assisted living communities through the use of a collaborative method of research – community-based participatory research (CBPR). Press release link pdf manual link
Dr. Gerald Gartlehner presented a 'Critical Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials' as part of the RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center seminar series. To view presentation slides visit this [link]
New Findings Brief: Updating Uninsured Estimates in an Economic Downturn [link]
The Center for Women's Health Research has moved to its new location in Southern Village. Contact information: CWHR, 104B Market Street, Campus Box #7521, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Telephone: 919-843-7720. Please check their website at www.cwhr.unc.edu for details.
A Study of Associate Degree Nursing Program Success: Evidence form the 2002 Cohort. [Report] [Powerpoint]
The 2006-2007 Sheps Annual Report is now available.
Trends in Licensed Health Professions in North Carolina, 1979-2005: [pdf].
Physician Medical & Residency Training Fact Sheet, 2005 [pdf].
County Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in North Carolina. 2005 update [pdf].
Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance for 2005, by House District. Map [pdf]
Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance for 2005, by Senate District. Map [pdf]
Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance Estimates for 2005. Map [pdf]
NC Legislative District Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in NC [pdf]
A new fact sheet entitled, "Trends in the Supply of Dentists in North Carolina, 1996-2005" is available now. [pdf]
The new Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report ( August 2006) is available now. [pdf]
STEP UP NOW for Better Jobs and Better Care: The Evaluation of a Workforce Intervention for Direct Care Workers [pdf]

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