Difficulties Obtaining Raw Data for Two Studies Involving New York City's Taxpayer-Funded Public Hospital System
Why is this so hard?
In theory, obtaining raw data from studies involving taxpayer-funded entities should be fairly straightforward and go something like this:
Me: Hi! May I have the following data from your study? Excel file preferred.
Researcher: Of course! See attached and let me know if you have further questions!
Unfortunately, studies involving New York City agencies hav…