“We need an open public use file”
Prof. Dr. med. Bertram Häussler
Over 20 years ago, Professor Dr. Bertram Häussler coined a term with his lecture "Health Services Research with Routine Data from Statutory Health Insurance in Germany" that has become indispensable in the healthcare landscape because—as Häussler explains—the population-based data processed by this subfield of health systems research "sometimes actually lead to findings that are relevant for medical research." Häussler, whose institute has conducted around 2,000 health services research projects to date—currently, 116 studies are running concurrently for 77 clients—explains when and when this is the case in the cover interview of "Monitor Health Services Research." In the interview, he calls for a public-use file containing all data relevant to health services research, which should be freely accessible to everyone, regardless of the research question.
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First publication date: 28.05.2013
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