Program on Women’s Healthcare Effectiveness Research (PWHER)

Faculty members working in this Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology program conduct diverse health services research and mentor junior faculty, fellows, residents and medical students to evaluate quality, access, and cost of reproductive healthcare.

The program provides expertise and support to answer important research questions to improve women’s health care and facilitate research by utilizing contemporary analytic techniques, including:

• case-control trials
• cost-effectiveness analysis
• survival analysis
• econometric analysis
• epidemiologic studies
• logistic regression
• meta-analysis
• time-trend analysis
• statistical support
• regression modeling
• decision analysis
• survey research
• outcomes measurement