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Saturday, 22 October 2005: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Grand Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)
Oral Concurrent Session A - Quality of Life and Utility Theory
Session Chairs:Allison B. Rosen, MD, ScD
Mary K. Goldstein, MD
5:00 PMDO TTO ELICITATIONS WORK OVER THE PHONE?
Aleksandra Jankovic, MS, Peter A. Ubel, MD, Dylan M. Smith, PhD, Angela Fagerlin, PhD
5:15 PMA REVERSAL IN THE PUBLIC/PATIENT DISCREPANCY:UTILITY RATINGS FOR PAIN FROM PAIN PATIENTS ARE LOWER THAN FROM NON-PATIENTS
Laura J. Damschroder, MS, MPH, Jordana R. Muroff, MSW, MA, Dylan M. Smith, PhD, Peter A. Ubel, MD
5:30 PMBRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HEALTH STATUS AND UTILITY WITH THE MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE
Steven J. McCabe, MD, MSc, Andrew Scott LaJoie, PhD, MSPH, John A. Myers, PhD
5:45 PMUTILITIES, MEDICATIONS, AND SYMPTOMS AMONG HUMAN IMMUNODEIFICIENCY VIRUS POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Ahmed M. Bayoumi, MD, MSc
6:00 PMMEASURING QALYS FOR VARIABLY SYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC CONDITIONS
Kevin D. Frick, PhD, Daniel O. Scharfstein, ScD, Melissa A. Clark, Malcolm G. Munro, MD, Kay Dickersin
6:15 PMHEALTH PERCEPTIONS IN MEN WHO UNDERGO SCREENING AND WORKUP FOR PROSTATE CANCER
David Katz, MD, MSc, CA McHorney, PhD, DF Jarrard, MD, DA Wiebe, PhD, DG Fryback, PhD

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