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Monday, 16 October 2006: 7:00 AM-8:30 AM
Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge)
Poster Session II
THE POTENTIALLY CONFOUNDING INFLUENCE OF "PERFECT VISION" IN ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED UTILITY IN PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Steven M. Kymes, Ph.D., Bryan S. Lee, JD, Walton Sumner, M.D., Mae O Gordon
A MOTHER AND HER NEWBORN: WHOSE QUALITY OF LIFE IS WORTH MORE?
John A. Myers, PhD
TAMOXIFEN DECISION MAKING: WHICH UTILITIES TO CHOOSE?
Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH, Christina Kuenneth, MPH, L. Jay Helms, PhD, Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, Stephen Birch, DPhil
DOMAINS OF HEALTH IN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: INFORMING THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF HRQOL MEASURES
Eve Wittenberg, Kristie A. Thomas, Manisha Joshi, Laura A. McCloskey, PhD
RELIABILITY OF UTILITY DATA OBTAINED FROM AN INTERNET PANEL OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Ken Stein, MB, MSc, FFPH, Julie Ratcliffe, PhD, Ruairidh Milne, BA, MB, ChB, MSc, Alison Round, MB, MRCGP, FFPH, John Brazier, PhD
CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF UTILITY DATA OBTAINED FROM AN INTERNET PANEL OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Ken Stein, MB, MSc, FFPH, Julie Ratcliffe, PhD, Ruairidh Milne, BA, MB, ChB, MSc, Alison Round, MB, MRCGP, FFPH, John Brazier, PhD
RECRUITMENT, PARTICIPATION AND COMPLIANCE OF AN INTERNET PANEL TO PROVIDE UTILITY ESTIMATES FOR COST UTILITY MODELLING IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Ken Stein, MB, MSc, FFPH, Matthew Dyer, MB, BS, Alison Round, MB, MRCGP, FFPH, Ruairidh Milne, BA, MB, ChB, MSc, Julie Ratcliffe, PhD, John Brazier, PhD
USING QUALITATIVE TERMS IN THE STANDARD GAMBLE: A PILOT STUDY
Andrew Scott LaJoie, PhD, MSPH, Stephan F. Gohmann, PhD, John A. Myers, PhD, Jamie L. Studts, PhD
DOES INVARIANCE IMPLY ERROR? EXAMINING STANDARD GAMBLE UTILITY RATINGS BY INVARIANT OLDER ADULT RESPONDENTS
Tamara Sims, MA, Alan Garber, MD, PhD, Mary K. Goldstein, MD, MS
LONGITUDINAL QUALITY OF LIFE, ASSOCIATION WITH CLINICAL MEASURES, AND IMPACT ON QALY CALCULATION FOR WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS PATIENTS
Kevin D. Frick, PhD, Elizabeth T. Kinter, BS, John H. Stone, MD, MPH
COGNITIVELY ADAPTIVE INTERFACES FOR ELDER COMPUTER USERS
Holly B. Jimison, PhD, Misha Pavel, PhD
*MINIMALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES FOR PREFERENCE-WEIGHTED HEALTH STATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS IN SPINE PATIENTS: DOES CHOICE OF CRITERION MATTER?
Christine M. McDonough, PT, MS, Tor D. Tosteson, ScD, Margaret R. Grove, James N. Weinstein, Anna N.A. Tosteson
*INTERPRETING LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN SPINE PATIENTS: HOW COMPARABLE ARE PREFERENCE-WEIGHTED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS?
Christine M. McDonough, PT, MS, Tor D. Tosteson, ScD, Margaret R. Grove, MS, James N. Weinstein, DO, MS, Anna N.A. Tosteson, ScD
VALUING CHILDREN'S HEALTH: RESPONSE ISSUES WITH USING PARENTS AS PROXIES
Lisa A. Prosser, PhD, Eve Wittenberg
EXPANDED NEWBORN SCREENING: THE EFFECT OF FALSE POSITIVE TEST RESULTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Lisa A. Prosser, PhD, Joseph A. Ladapo, BA, Susan L. Waisbren, PhD
ANTIBIOTICS WORSEN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
George R. Bergus, MD, MA-Ed, Cynthia A. Weber, Pharm.D., Michael E. Ernst, Pharm.D., Erika J. Ernst, Pharm.D.
HEALTH VALUES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Michael S. Yi, MD, MSc, Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH, M. Susan Moyer, MD, Susan N. Sherman, DPA, Uma R. Kotagal, MBBS, MSc, Frank W. Putnam, MD, Steven L. Carlton-Ford, Phd, Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ILLNESS REPRESENTATIONS AND UTILITIES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Michael S. Yi, M.D., M. Susan Moyer, MD, Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH, Uma R. Kotagal, MBBS, MSc, Susan N. Sherman, DPA, Laura A. Nabors, PhD, Frank W. Putnam, MD, Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH
UTILITY ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH STATES IN CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE AND END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: RESULTS OF A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Peter L. Dale, MSc, John Hutton, BSc, Econ, BPhil, Heba Elgazzar
IMPACT OF COGNITIVE DEFICITS ON HEALTH STATE VALUATION BY DEMENTIA PATIENTS
Susie A. Sami, MA, Neal Dawson, MD, Marian B. Patterson, PhD, Mendel E. Singer, PhD, Kathleen A. Smyth, PhD, Iahn Gonsenhauser, MBA, Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD
THE IMPACT OF EPLERENONE ON PATIENTS' HEALTH STATUS: RESULTS FROM EPHESUS
Zefeng Zhang, MD, PhD, Paul Kolm, PhD, John Spertus, Liping Zhao, Claudine Jurkovitz, Marion Kvasz, Richard Willke, William S. Weintraub, MD
PREDICTORS OF RETURN TO BASELINE VALUES OF HRQOL OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS
Ravishankar Jayadevappa, PhD, Sumedha Chhatre, PhD, Alan J. Wein, MD, S. Bruce Malkowicz
DETERMINING CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN SLEEP DYSFUNCTION
David Katz, MD, MSc, Colleen A. McHorney, PhD
HEALTH VALUES IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY AS MEASURED WITH THE QUALITY OF WELL-BEING SCALE, SELF-ADMINISTERED (QWB-SA)
Joseph King, MD, MSCE, Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH, Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP
ABSENCE OF HEDONIC ADAPTATION IN URGE INCONTINENCE
Amber E. Barnato, MD, MPH, MS, Kenneth Smith, MD, MSc, Neil M. Resnick, MD, Lisa J. Rosenberg, MD, Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP
RESPONDENT ACCEPTANCE OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED RATING SCALE, TIME TRADE-OFF, AND STANDARD GAMBLE ELICITATIONS
Ahmed M. Bayoumi, MD, MSc
*LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN QUALITY OF LIFE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS COMPARED WITH A HEALTHY US NATIONAL SAMPLE
Kaleb Michaud, MS
*THE EFFECTS OF AGE, CLINICAL STAGE, AND TREATMENT HISTORY ON DISEASE SPECIFIC UTILITY IN PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS
Maciej Witkos, MSc, KE Bremner, BSc, John Trachtenberg, MD, Murray D. Krahn, MD, MSc
QUALITY OF LIFE UTILITIES FOR PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE HEALTH STATES
Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MSc, Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP
VACCINATION TO PREVENT INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE: WHAT AGES AND HOW OFTEN?
Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MSc, Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP, Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH
EVALUATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND METABOLIC RISK PROFILES IN PREDIABETES
Paul Kolm, PhD, Lawrence S. Phillips, MD, David C. Ziemer, MD, Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Mary K. Rhee, MD, Jovonne K. Foster, MS, William S. Weintraub, MD
ECONOMIC SIDE OF VOLUME-OUTCOMES RELATIONSHIP: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT AT HIGH VS. LOW VOLUME CENTERS
Elena Losina, PhD, Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MSc
*UPDATING CLINICAL PREDICTION MODELS: SIMPLE RECALIBRATION METHODS EFFICIENTLY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN NEW PATIENTS
Kristel J.M. Janssen, MSc, K.G.M. Moons, PhD, D.E. Grobbee, PhD, MD, Y. Vergouwe, PhD
*CAN DECISION ANALYSIS HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AN 80 YEAR-OLD PATIENT WITH CRYPTOGENIC STROKE AND A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE?
Matan J. Cohen, MD, MPH, Sagit Stern, BSci, Dan Gilon, MD, Moshe Leshno, MD, PhD, Mayer Brezis
*DO CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES INCORPORATE EVIDENCE ON PATIENT PREFERENCES?
Christopher AKY Chong, MD, Ing-je Chen, Gary Naglie, Murray D. Krahn, MD, MSc
*PATIENTS WITH RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: WHICH FACTORS PREDICT MORTALITY AFTER ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR AND OPEN SURGERY?
Jacob J. Visser, MSc, MSc, MSc, Johanna L. Bosch, PhD, Mantiva Bandasak, Theo Stijnen, PhD, M.G. Myriam Hunink, PhD, MD, Marc R.H.M. Van Sambeek, MD, PhD, AAAA Collaborators of the 4A-study
*A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR AND OPEN SURGERY IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Jacob J. Visser, MSc, MSc, MSc, Marc R.H.M. Van Sambeek, MD, PhD, Taye H. Hamza, MSc, M.G. Myriam Hunink, PhD, MD, Johanna L. Bosch, PhD
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND AMBULATORY CARE: PLUGGED IN, BUT VARIABLE PLAY
Joe B. Kim, MD, MPH, Jie Huang, PhD, Mary E. Reed, DrPH, Jim Bellows, PhD, Yvonne Y. Zhou, PhD, Richard J. Brand, PhD, Thomas Rundall, PhD, Robert R. Miller, Phd, John Hsu, MD, MBA
INVESTIGATING THE BENEFITS OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS: LESSONS FROM MELANOMA DIAGNOSIS
Stephan Dreiseitl, PhD, Michael Binder, MD, Harald Kittler, MD
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND POLICY FORMULATION IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: THE PRUFE FRAMEWORK
Ron Goeree, MA, Gordon Blackhouse, MBA, Jim Bowen, Natasha Burke, Robert Hopkins, MA, Daria J. O'Reilly, PhD, MSc, Jean-Eric Tarride, PhD, MA
AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ELECTIVE ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR (EVAR) OF NON-RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (AAA) COMPARED TO OPEN SURGICAL REPAIR (OSR)
Jean-Eric Tarride, PhD, MA, Jim Bowen, Guy De Rose, MD, FRCSC, FASC., Gordon Blackhouse, MBA, Robert Hopkins, MA, Teresa Novick, RN, BA, Ron Goeree, MA
*AN EVALUATION OF BAYESIAN NETWORKS FOR THE REAL-TIME DETECTION OF ERRORS IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY
Gregory B. Strylewicz, MS, Jason N. Doctor, PhD
*PRIMARY PREVENTION OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICEAL BLEEDING AMONG CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS C AND GRADE 2 TO 3 ESOPHAGEAL VARICES: A COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS
Wendong Chen, MD, Shannon Cope, Jillian Watkins, Jenny Heathcote, MD, Murray D. Krahn, MD, MSc
*PRECLINICAL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA INCIDENTALLY DETECTED BY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY: EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON A SCREENING PROGRAM
Tengbin Xiong, MCh, BCh, MB, Guiqing L. Yao, MSc, BSc, Richard J. Lilford, PhD
*THE EFFECT OF WORK UP INTENSITY BIAS ON THE SENSITIVITY OF CT COLONOGRAPHY
David J. Tamura, MD, MA, Bhavesh B. Shah, MD, Manu Sondhi, MD, MBA, John B. Wong, MD
IS QUITTING DRINKING THE SAME AS ABSTINENCE? EVIDENCE FROM A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF NON-DEPENDENT DRINKERS WITH HEPATITIS C
Adam Perzynski, MA, Stephanie Kanuch, MEd, Noah Webster, MS, Richard McCormick, PhD, Eleanor P. Stoller, PhD, Carol E. Blixen, PhD, Joshua Terchek, BA, Neal Dawson, MD
PERFORMANCE OF SIMPLE VS. COMPLEX MODELS FOR RISK-ADJUSTING PRIMARY CESAREAN DELIVERY RATES
Jennifer L. Bailit, MD, MPH, Thomas Love, PhD
COMPARISON OF NATIONAL VS.REGIONAL AND STATE LEVEL MODELS FOR RISK ADJUSTING PRIMARY CESAREAN DELIVERY RATES
Jennifer L. Bailit, MD, MPH, Neal Dawson, MD

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Papers submitted for the Lee B. Lusted Student Prize Competition are denoted with an asterisk (*)