Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT): Staff Biography

William W. Yu, M.A.

Position
Survey Statistician

Education
M.A., Statistics, American University, Washington, D.C., 1977

Survey Skills
Survey design and implementation
Statistical computing and data analysis
Cost analysis and modeling
Data base design and management

Current Research Projects
Precision of Survey Estimates Derived from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) (1996-1997)
Correlations Between Consecutive Years in Annual Medical Expenditures Based on MEPS Household Component (MEPS-HC) Data (with Steve Machlin)
Collaborate with other AHRQ researchers by providing technical expertise in the design and implementation of research based on Medicare claims data

Technical Assistance and Survey Contributions
Chair, Survey Administration Editing Group, MEPS
Assess the quality of MEPS data through bench marking of key estimates
Develop statistical estimation procedures for the MEPS public use files

Project Management
Project officer of the Agency-wide automatic data procs (ADP) support contract to provide efficient and appropriate ADP support services to CFACT and other Agency staff

Publications

Select for a bibliography of articles and reports by William W. Yu.

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