AcademyHealth
Research Meeting
Barbara Greenberg, Ph.D.
Office of Science and Data Policy
Research
ASPE, HHS
June 8, 2004
I. Office of Science and Data Policy
Research Agenda Goals:
(http://aspe.hhs.gov.sp/index.shtml)
•Address Administration and
Secretarial Priorities
e.g., Health Information Technology and
Bioterrorism
•Focus on Issues and Activities of
Department-Wide or Interagency Scope
e.g., Health Effects of Mercury and Data
Confidentiality
I. Office of Science and Data Policy
Research Agenda Goals: Continued
•Address Major Analytic Gaps in HHS
Science or Data Policy
e.g. Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) Data
and Vital Statistics Data
•Enhance HHS and ASPE Data and
Analytic Capabilities
e.g., Geo-Coding of Data and Data
Standards
II. Science and Data Policy Budget and
Research Themes:
•Research Budget in 2004: $5 Million
•Three Major Research Themes:
Improving Information for Science Policy
Improving Data and Information for
Decision-Making
Improving Health Through the National
Health Information Infrastructure (NHII)
III. Improving Information for
Science Policy
• Prescription Drug Economics and Policy
Informing policy options and
understanding prescription drug price
variations
Identifying best practice cost
containment strategies for health plans
and States
Describing drug sector economics in the
US and making international comparisons
III. Improving Information for
Science Policy: Continued
•Medicare Modernization Act
Implementation
Collaborating with FDA on studies to
assess safety, efficacy and economic
factors in drug importation policy
•Environmental Health Issues
Support for National Academy of Sciences
review of dioxin health effects and
HHS/EPA Conference on health effects of
mercury
III. Improving Information for
Science Policy: Continued
• National Vaccine Policy and Programs
Studies of supply, utilization and price
variations of the influenza vaccine
IV. Improving Data and Information
for Decision-Making
•Analytical Support for the HHS Data
Council and for the National Committee
on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
•Projects that Improve HHS Data Bases
and Resources
V. Improving Health through the
National Health Information
Infrastructure (NHII)
• Support of the NHII 2004 Conference,
Cornerstones for Electronic Healthcare
On July 20-23, 2004
(http://aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii/index.html)
• Projects in Support of Evaluative,
Leadership and Convener Activities