Clarification to Notice NOT-RM-11-019: Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Input on the Feasibility, Scope, and Design of a State Health Policy Database

Notice Number: NOT-RM-11-020

Release Date: July 22, 2011

NOT-RM-11-019

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The purpose of this Notice is to clarify the language of the Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Input on the Feasibility, Scope, and Design of a State Health Policy Database, NOT-RM-11-019. Under Information Requested, first paragraph.

Now reads:

The Common Fund Health Economics Program solicits information from health economists, health professionals, the broader scientific community, and other interested persons and organizations to inform the development of a State Health Policy Database to support health economics research and strengthen the performance of health care reform to improve outcomes for care providers and recipients across diverse settings. In order to maximize this request for information responses that address all four of the following areas of concern are highly recommended:

• Define Policy area(s) you consider highest priority for inclusion in the SHPD.
• The specific research question(s) which could be answered with information on the policy or policies you identified.
• The research design(s) which would generate meaningful answers to the research question(s) you specified.
• Share any additional data you consider necessary to carry out the research plan you described, and where could such data be obtained.

Should read:

The Common Fund Health Economics Program solicits information from health economists, health professionals, the broader scientific community, and other interested persons and organizations to inform the development of a State Health Policy Database to support health economics research and strengthen the performance of health care reform to improve outcomes for care providers and recipients across diverse settings. To provide the most useful input to decisions about development of an SHPD, responses that address all four of the following points are highly recommended:

• Identify the policy area(s) that you consider highest priority for inclusion in the SHPD.
• Identify specific research question(s) that could be answered with information on the policy or policies you identified.
• Describe specific research design(s) that could be used to generate meaningful answers to the research question(s) you specified.
• Identify any additional data you consider necessary to carry out the research plan you described, and where such data could be obtained.

All other aspects of NOT-RM-11-019 remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to:

David Chambers, D.Phil.
Division of Services and Intervention Research
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 7164
Bethesda, MD 20892-9631
Telephone: 301-443-3747
Fax: 301-443-4045
Email: dchamber@mail.nih.gov