Dr. Linda Elting
Associate Member
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Biostatistics
Research Interests:
- Outcomes and cost of cancer screening, treatment and supportive care
- Access to cancer care
- Disparities in cancer care
- Health policy
- Health care quality
My research is focused on the distribution and the determinants of the outcomes, cost, quality, and access to cancer care services. Our research group also has a significant interest in supportive care. The majority of our research projects involve population-based studies, often utilizing large public-use datasets. We also do some studies that require primary data collection.
A tutorial would be tailored to the student's interests from among the following topics: analysis of large datasets; use of claims data and administrative data to measure outcomes, cost and quality of care; methodological approaches to population-based measurement of access to care and disparities in care; use of census data and geographical information systems to study incidence of disease and access to cancer care.
Program Affiliation:
Program in Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Contact Information
Phone: 713.563.4305
Email: lelting@mdanderson.org
Office: MDA FCT4.6008 (Unit 1411)
Title: Professor
Education:
Dr.P.H. - The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston - 1988
