Hcs 465 Week 4
Applying the Results and Conclusion of the Research
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Health Care Research Utilization
HCS 465
Cindy Laub, PhD
January 26, 2014
Applying the Results and Conclusion of the Research
• Results: data collection methods The results were taken from the physician’s claims database identifying physician encounters occurring in the emergency departments that had a principal diagnosis of asthma. Also used for data collection were the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan registry and the 1996 official Canadian census data.
In what way are the data collection procedures appropriate for this study?
The data collection procedures were appropriate for this study because of the ease of collecting the data and analyzing the data with the filters set in place to classify the subjects.
In what way were appropriate steps taken to protect the rights of subjects?
Since the data was retrieved from a database the information can be used safely to protect the rights of the patients. No hands on or questioning were done of the specific patient population to cause harm or undo stress.
In what way is the data collection tool used to support the reliability and validity of the study?
In this study, several different factoring filters were used to help glean the …show more content…
All citizens are able to access the Canadian health care system at no cost or some amount of copay depending on their yearly income. The groups of children seen for asthma related conditions are very poor, poor, and non-poor based on their families yearly income. The very poor children had a higher level of accessing care through the emergency room for asthma care rather than in an ambulatory care setting. Even with the government provided health care for preventative care, the very poor children get the most care for their asthma symptoms in emergent
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Health Care Research Utilization
HCS 465
Cindy Laub, PhD
January 26, 2014
Applying the Results and Conclusion of the Research
• Results: data collection methods The results were taken from the physician’s claims database identifying physician encounters occurring in the emergency departments that had a principal diagnosis of asthma. Also used for data collection were the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan registry and the 1996 official Canadian census data.
In what way are the data collection procedures appropriate for this study?
The data collection procedures were appropriate for this study because of the ease of collecting the data and analyzing the data with the filters set in place to classify the subjects.
In what way were appropriate steps taken to protect the rights of subjects?
Since the data was retrieved from a database the information can be used safely to protect the rights of the patients. No hands on or questioning were done of the specific patient population to cause harm or undo stress.
In what way is the data collection tool used to support the reliability and validity of the study?
In this study, several different factoring filters were used to help glean the …show more content…
All citizens are able to access the Canadian health care system at no cost or some amount of copay depending on their yearly income. The groups of children seen for asthma related conditions are very poor, poor, and non-poor based on their families yearly income. The very poor children had a higher level of accessing care through the emergency room for asthma care rather than in an ambulatory care setting. Even with the government provided health care for preventative care, the very poor children get the most care for their asthma symptoms in emergent