Recorded at the AOTA 2016 Pre-Conference Institute on Large Data and Data Sharing Research on April 6th, 2016. George Alter, PhD, and colleagues offered a pre-conference institute co-sponsored by The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) and American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) at AOTA's national conference.
This institute provided an overview of research studies conducted using Medicare claims and other large datasets in the context of post-acute care settings (inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility, and home health agency). Topics include the availability of large datasets for disability, rehabilitation, and occupational therapy research and new federal initiative related to data sharing.