Detailed description of the research methods

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Instructions: Need help in methods section in finding out which is the appropriate test to run. Assuming a multiple regression analysis, but need help selecting which specific test. Topic is - The Association between Emergency Department Wait Times and Mortality Rates (in terms on minutes waiting to be seen).

Methods Assignment: This section includes a detailed description of the research methods that will be employed in your thesis project. The following areas must be addressed:

(1) population and sample including the sample selection criteria,

(2) study design,

(3) data sources,

(4) methods of data collection,

(5) study variables (e.g., independent and dependent variables) specified in operational terms,

(6) analytic methods to be used (make sure to identify the specific statistical procedures and discuss their appropriateness).

Below is a description of population, sample, study design and data source: This data is publically available data items for the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), arranged by ambulatory care setting and year. NAMCS and NHAMCS are conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), within NCHS' Division of Health Care Statistics. The surveys are components of the National Health Care Surveys, a family of surveys that measure health care utilization across various settings, including physician offices, community health centers, hospital emergency departments (EDs), outpatient departments (OPDs), and ambulatory surgery locations. The lists provided here show which variables were used in each survey year and how they have changed, or remained the same, over time.

Dependent Variable:

Death in the Emergency Department

Independent Variables:

Age
Sex
Race
Waiting time to see physician
Immediacy of when patient was seen
Episode of Care
Visit related to injury
Expected source of payment for visit
Visit time
Boarded patient
Hospital discharge status/disposition
Admit to observation unit
Alcohol or drug related
Interpersonal violence/assault

Select the following years to compare the numbers pre and post Obama Care (10 years prior to Obama Care and 10 years after enactment of Obama Care) So it would be looking at the years 2000-2010 and then 2010-2019.

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