Capabilities
The HEER Program brings rigorous statistical expertise to its
investigations. Our capabilities include:
Data set expertise
HEER
researchers have considerable experience with numerous national and state-level
data bases for modeling personal behavior and expenditures, including:
- The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- Medicare Beneficiary Survey File (MBSF)
- Medicare and Medi-Cal claims data
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) hospital financial, utilization and discharge data
- California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) hospital financial reports and patient discharge data
- California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Small area estimation
In
addition to standard econometric modeling, HEER researchers also are
experienced in conducting small-area estimation and working with geo-coded
data.
HEER has a secure data access center with the ability to house
protected health information (PHI) in a HIPAA-compliant manner.
Learn more about our current Projects.
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