Week 2, Exercise: Use the dataset from week1 exercise and then answer the following questions: Compare the following information between teaching and non-teaching hospitals. What are the main significant differences between teaching and non-teaching hospitals? (use t-test) Comparing hospital net-benefit, which hospital has better performance? To answer this question first compute the hospital net benefits […]

Exercise # 3: The dataset provides Herfindahl–Hirschman Index, and Herfindahl index categories, please use the herf_cat variable and answer the following questions: Note: “The Herfindahl–Hirschman Index is a commonly accepted measure of market concentration used by antitrust enforcement agencies and scholars in the field. The HHI is calculated by squaring the market share of each […]

Explain the differences between Research Methods and Research Design. Provide a description of two method examples and two examples of design types. When each is used? What is the process of choosing a correct research method and a correct research design?   Click HERE for more HMGT 400 7380 weeks. If you would like to […]

Consider examples of research questions below: Does the organization of renal transplant nurse coordinators’ responsibilities influence live donor rates? How, if at all, are the timing and location of suicide prevention appointments linked to veterans‘ suiciderates?”Examples of Research Questions | PhD | School of Nursing | Vanderbilt University,” n.d.) Reference Examples of Research Questions | PhD | School of Nursing | […]

Assignment #1: Quantitative Analysis  For this assignment, students should choose data from the quantitative analysis below and are  asked to analyze it using Excel, RStuido (BONUS points) Data set: Minnesota Healthcare Database.xlsx Medicare National Data by County MN Hospital Report Data by Care Unit FY2013 MN HCCIS Imaging Procedures 2013 MEPS Dental Files MEPS Inpatient Stay Database Students will […]

Instructions Here are a few topics for MedicareNationalDataCSV dataset. Make sure to decide on a topic for assignment 1 and a different topic for assignment 2. Clearly identify what topic for what assignment you chose. Between Black and White Population – Comparing annual percent of Medicare enrollees having at least one ambulatory visit between B and […]

After reading the week content materials, summarize the information and answer the following questions: Name a few characteristics making data research and analysis in healthcare a separate industry. Think holistically and consider scientific, policy and social impact sides. Explain how processed and analyzed data is used in healthcare.  Offer a minimum of 2 examples where […]

Question #1 (15 credits):[RStudio Users and Excel Users] The FINAL EXAM dataset, provides some information about hospitals in 2011 and 2012, download the FINAL EXAM data and then complete the descriptive table. Please answer the following questions. In term of hospital characters what are the significant difference between 2011 and 2012? In term of socio-economic […]

Dataset:HMGTHOSP.csv (Please download dataset from the class.) Required program: for all weeks EXCEL  (RStudio or R Programming for BONUS point seekers only). Author, Hossein Zare, PhD Citation: Zare, H. (2017). HMGT 400 Research and Data Analysis in Health Care-Exercise. UMGC.EDU **For each exercise, Master RStudio relevant materials are posted (See the mini-module RStudio: Working toward the BONUS […]