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Economic Evaluation and Modeling Unit (EEMU) - Maria Pisu, PhD, Director

Faculty with expertise in decision analysis, including cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit analysis, and other econometrically focused outcomes research methods, mentor and train COERE postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and UAB faculty in the methods of economic and decision-analytic modeling. The Unit also conducts periodic discussion groups for faculty to present their cost-effectiveness or decision-analytic models for peer-review discussion and feedback.

Statistical Design and Analysis Unit (SDAU) - Sharina Person, PhD, Director

This Unit provides statistical design, analytic, and data management assistance to UAB researchers interested in outcomes research. Members of the Unit specialize in utilizing large clinical and administrative data sets (e.g., Medicare or VA claims-based data files, HCFA’s Cooperative Cardiovascular Project), and quality measurement tools (e.g., ABC^TM benchmarking methodology).

Health Outcomes Assessment Unit (HOAU) - Joshua Klapow, PhD, Director

The HOAU houses expertise and a resource library of tools and scoring methods for patient-based outcomes measurement. Unit faculty and postdoctoral trainees are available to consult with UAB faculty in choosing or developing appropriate instruments for outcomes assessment (e.g., health status, health-related quality of life, patient preferences) and their implementation for achieving desired research goals. Instrument development is guided by COERE faculty with expertise in psychometrics and measurement theory applications in outcomes evaluation.

Education and Training Unit (ETU) - Pamela Autrey, PhD, RN, Director

This Unit provides support to UAB faculty and graduate students in the form of discussion groups and seminars focused on outcomes research topics, including 1) a monthly Outcomes Research Discussion Group to encourage multidisciplinary interaction and collaboration and 2) a quarterly Perspectives in Outcomes Research seminar series that highlights the multidisciplinary nature of outcomes. The ETU is collaborating with the Schools of Education, Public Health, and Nursing and with the Health Services Research Administration to develop a cross-listed multidisciplinary academic outcomes management and research course that may form the basis of a certificate course in the future. The Unit is also developing a series of CME-based courses under its “Institute on Outcomes in Health Care.”

Health Informatics Unit (HIU) - Thomas Houston, MD, MPH, Director

This Unit focuses on the use and evaluation of information technology and its impact on health care processes, effectiveness, and outcomes. Examples of expertise in the HIU include the design and evaluation of internet-based interventions aimed at improving the quality of health care.

Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Kenneth Saag, MD, Director; Jeroan Allison, MD, MSEpi, Co-Director

The UAB CERTs for Musculoskeletal Disorders is one of seven national centers funded under the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's CERTs program. Its focus is on improving physicians' management of the complex drug regimens for patients with arthritis and osteoporosis. The CERTs effectiveness research capabilities involve linkages between the UAB COERE, UAB Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center, Center for Metabolic Bone Disease, Pittman General Clinical Research Center, Department of Nutrition, and other centers. Through core support from government and industry, the CERTs develop collaborative research projects aimed at improving the effectiveness and quality of care in the treatment and management of patients with musculoskeletal disorders.

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