DATA AND METHODOLOGY PANEL

KERRY E.KILPATRICK (Chair), ^† Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

JO IVEY BOUFFORD, ^† Director, King's Fund College, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London

JACOB J.FELDMAN,^{* †} Associate Director for Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland

JOHN R.FEUSSNER, Director, Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

DONALD K.FREEBORN, Senior Investigator, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region, Portland, Oregon

STANLEY J.GEYER, Chief of Staff, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (through May 1990); Director, Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. (from June 1990)

PRAKASH L.GROVER, Chief, Special Projects Office, Health Services Research and Development Service, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland

FRANK M.HOLDEN, Director, Boston Development Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Braintree, Massachusetts

DAVID J.KNESPER, ^† Director, Division of General Hospital Services, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

DAVID C.SABISTON, Jr.,^{* †} Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

C.DAVID SPENCER, Associate Medical Director, Capitol Area Permanente Medical Group, Washington, D.C.

DONALD M.STEINWACHS, Director, Health Services Research and Development Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

ALBERT P.WILLIAMS, ^† Director, RAND Health Sciences Program (through November 1990); Corporate Research Manager, Social Policy, RAND (from December 1990), Santa Monica, California

Staff: Joseph Lipscomb, Study Director

VA LIAISON COMMITTEE

ELIZABETH L.ROGERS (Chair), Chief of Staff, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

PETER C.ALTNER, Chief, Orthopedic Surgery, and Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Service, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, New York

GALEN L.BARBOUR, Associate Chief Medical Director for Quality Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

CATHERINE W.BRITELL, Assistant Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

JACK R.FEUSSNER, Director, Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

D.ROBERT FOWLER, Chief, Psychiatry Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

STANLEY J.GEYER, Chief of Staff, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (through May 1990)

MARGARET GIANNINI, Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

PRAKASH L.GROVER, Chief, Special Projects Office, Health Services Research and Development Office, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland

JAMES M.GUERNSEY, Chief, Surgical Service, Martinez VA Medical Center, Martinez, California

DAPHNE K.HARE, Director, Medical/Dental Education Programs Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

FRANK M.HOLDEN, Director, Boston Development Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Braintree, Massachusetts

ROBERT W.HUSSEY, Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Richmond VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia

DAVID H.LAW, Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for Hospital Based Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

JOHN O.LIPKIN, Chief of Staff, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland

A.WENDELL MUSSER, Chief of Staff, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

EDWIN J.OLSEN, Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, Florida

SAVITA PURI, Chief of Staff, Batavia VA Medical Center, Batavia, New York

ROBERT R.RHYNE, Medical Center Director, Grand Junction VA Medical Center, Grand Junction, Colorado

KARL E.SUSSMAN, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado

ELEANOR M.TRAVERS, Director, Pathology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

MARLENE R.VENTURA, Associate Chief, Nursing Service/Research, Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York

B.J.WILDER, Chief, Neurology Service, Gainesville VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida

Ex Officio: GABRIEL O.MANASSE, Associate Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Policy Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Footnotes

†

Mmember of the study committee.

*

Member of the Institute of Medicine