SAS Programming with Medicare Administrative Data

SAS Programming with Medicare Administrative Data by Matthew Gillingham
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1612903223 | 168 pages | EPUB | 11 MB

SAS Programming with Medicare Administrative Data is the most comprehensive resource available for using Medicare data with SAS. This book teaches you how to access Medicare data and, more importantly, how to apply this data to your research.

Knowing how to use Medicare data to answer common research and business questions is a critical skill for many SAS users. Due to its complexity, Medicare data requires specific programming knowledge in order to be applied accurately. Programmers need to understand the Medicare program in order to interpret and utilize its data.

With this book, you’ll learn the entire process of programming with Medicare data—from obtaining access to data; to measuring cost, utilization, and quality; to overcoming common challenges. Each chapter includes exercises that challenge you to apply concepts to real-world programming tasks.

SAS Programming with Medicare Administrative Data offers beginners a programming project template to follow from beginning to end. It also includes more complex questions and discussions that are appropriate for advanced users. Matthew Gillingham has created a book that is both a foundation for programmers new to Medicare data and a comprehensive reference for experienced programmers.

This book is part of the SAS Press program.

Briefcase on Constitutional & Administrative Law

David Herling, “Briefcase on Constitutional & Administrative Law”
English | 2004 | ISBN: 1859417604 | PDF | pages: 289 | 3 mb

The “Briefcase” series is designed for undergraduate law students to assist with understanding the essential principles of key cases in each subject area. The simple and easy to follow layout includes a summary of key cases and relevant legislation under various topic areas, which can be read in conjunction with larger texts. The “Briefcase” series provides useful summaries for students new to the topic as well as a refresher for those revising for exams. “Briefcase on Constitutional Administrative Law” provides students with digests of the essential cases in the subject area, along with relevant statutory material. Since the last edition was published, the Human Rights Act 1998 has come into force and this edition therefore includes a number of important new cases dealing with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights as part of English law. These include the following topics: Interplay of domestic law with the Convention: Douglas v Hello! Ltd (2001) and Venables and Thompson v News Group Newspapers (2001); The making of declarations of incompatibility: R (on the Application of Alconbury Developments Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2001) and R v Shayler (2002); Privacy: A v B (A Company) (2002), Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers (2002) and Douglas and Zeta Jones v Hello! Ltd (2003); and Parliamentary privilege: Attorney General v Jones (1999) and Hamilton v Al Fayed (1999).

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