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Pages 170-176

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... Dr. Perrin has served as chair of the Health Services Research Study Section and as a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, DHHS, and is currently chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee at the Medical Outcomes Trust.
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From page 171...
... He sits on several national advisory boards and task forces, including the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the U.S. Public Health Service Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
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From page 172...
... He has advised various federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Health Care Financing Administration, as well as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy. He is a member of the advisory board of the American Hospital Association's Committee on Health Statistics and the executive board of the National Association of Health Data Organizations.
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From page 173...
... R HEATHER PALMER is director of the Center for Quality of Care Research and Education in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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From page 174...
... She is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she teaches courses on the organization and delivery of health services and issues in health care. She also holds faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and the University of Maryland School of Phar
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From page 175...
... She was active in promoting passage of Maryland's health reform legislation in 1993, and was appointed by the Governor to chair the Data Base Work Group of the Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission. She has a Doctor of Science degree in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
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... Previously, she served as deputy assistant to President Bush for policy development, advising him on health and welfare issues. Prior to that, she was administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, overseeing the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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  • health data
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  • health programs
  • johnson foundation
  • senior fellow
  • national committee

  • chronic disease
  • preventive services
  • coordinating council
  • chemical dependency
  • sexually transmitted

  • transmitted diseases
  • foundation information
  • social services
  • minnesota department
  • robert wood

  • welfare reform
  • disease prevention
  • harvard school
  • emory university
  • program evaluation


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