Foundations of Data Analysis for Health Policy

Covers health data analysis methods and policy challenges like privacy and fairness in the era of big data.

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We have entered a new era of "big data." It is now possible to collect and analyze genetic information, digital health records, and many other types of data quickly, cheaply, and non-invasively from large numbers of people. This new wealth of information creates exciting opportunities for more targeted, individualized approaches to health care and better management of public health risks such as age-related diseases or pandemics. However, it also creates policy challenges such as privacy, discrimination, equality, and fairness. Covers what types of health-relevant data exist, how such data is typically analyzed and used, and discuss what types of applications this enables, what type of policy challenges this brings about, and which options policy makers have to deal with these challenges. Analytic methods will include regression, principal component and cluster analysis, statistical approaches for prediction, how to interpret the results of such analyses and their limitations.

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  • Genetic information and digital health records
  • Privacy, discrimination, equality, and fairness
  • Regression, principal component, and cluster analysis

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  • Perform regression, principal component, and cluster analysis
  • Interpret statistical analysis results and limitations
  • Evaluate policy options for health data challenges

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