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Tuesday, 17 October 2006: 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge)
Poster Session IV
Part 1 
MAPPING DECISIONS USING ARGUMENT AND HEURISTIC ANALYSIS: THE CASE OF PATIENT DELAY IN BREAST CANCER
Noreen C. Facione, PhD, Peter A. Facione, PhD
USING VALUE OF INFORMATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL TRIALS: A CASE STUDY OF STATIN THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Nick J. Bansback, MSc, Roberta Ara, Sue Ward, Aslam H. Anis, PhD, Hyon Choi, MD
UNCERTAINTY AND VALUE OF INFORMATION WHEN ALLOCATING RESOURCES WITHIN AND BETWEEN MULTIPLE HEALTHCARE PROGRAMMES WITH A BUDGET CONSTRAINT
Zaid Chalabi, PhD, Karl Claxton, PhD, MSc, BA, David Epstein, MSc
DEVELOPMENT OF A SERVICE BLUEPRINT TO STUDY THE REASONS FOR VARIATION IN MORTALITY OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (KIDMI)
Femida Gwadry-Sridhar, BSc, Pharm, MSc, Fran Priestap, MSc, (Epi), Claudio Martin, MD, Evelyn Vingilis, PhD, Kumar Sridhar, MD, MSc, Philip J. Devereaux, MD, PhD, Linda Hebel, BScN, MA, MBA
EXPECTED VALUE OF SAMPLE INFORMATION IN SURVIVAL TRIALS
ALAN BRENNAN, BSc, MSc, SAMER KHARROUBI, PhD
CALIBRATIONS OF DISEASE SIMULATION MODELS: COMPARISON OF SIMULATED ANNEALING AND GENETIC ALGORITHM TO GRID SEARCH
Chung Yin Kong, PhD, Pamela McMahon, PhD, G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD
VALUE OF THE H-INDEX FOR CITATION ANALYSIS IN MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
JR Beck, MD, KM Albert, BA Lewis, S Place
HOW DO WE KNOW IF A BIOMARKER IS OF CLINICAL VALUE? DECISION CURVE ANALYSIS, A NOVEL METHOD FOR EVALUATING PREDICTIVE MODELS
Andrew Vickers, PhD, Elena B. Elkin, PhD, Angel Serio, MS, Michael Kattan
DECISION MAKING IN MASS CASUALTY EVENTS: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF TRIAGE TEST PERFORMANCE
Eric B. Hollingsworth, BS, Wei Xiong, PhD, John Delaney, Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH
CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION FOLLOWING ALZHEIMER DISEASE TREATMENT INITIATION IN MANAGED CARE
Ann S. M. Harada, PhD, MPH, BA, Ann M. Vanderplas, MS
OPTIMAL DRUG PRICING AND FORMULARY LISTING IN THE PRESENCE OF LIMITED USE CONDITIONS AND STRATIFIED NET BENEFITS
Gregory S. Zaric Zaric, PhD
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS THAT REDUCE THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE OF LONG-TERM NURSING HOME RESIDENTS: CONFLICTING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
Mark D. Schleinitz, MD, MS, Orna K. Intrator, PhD, Yuwei Cang, Vincent Mor, PhD
PREDICTORS OF STAGE-SPECIFIC AND LIFETIME COSTS OF PROSTATE CANCER
Murray D. Krahn, MD, MSc, Brandon Zagorski, Natalie Forde, MSc, Audrey Laporte, PhD, Shabbir M. H. Alibhai, MD, MSc, Karen E. Bremner, BSc, George Tomlinson, PhD, Gary Naglie
THE COST OF HEPATITIS A IN CANADA: MINISTRY AND SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES
Andrea Anonychuk, MSc, Murray Krahn, MD, MSc, Vladimir Gilca, MD, Ba Pham, MSc, Bernard Duval, MD, MPH, Chris Bauch, PhD
DISTRUST IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND DECISION-MAKING REGARDING BREAST CANCER SCREENING
Maria C. Katapodi, Ph.D., MSc, BSN, Noreen, C. Facione, Ph.D., FAAN, RN, Penny F. Pierce, PhD, RN
LESS IS MORE IN PRESENTING QUALITY INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS
Ellen Peters, Ph.D., Nathan Dieckmann, Anna Dixon, M.Sc.Econ, Judith H. Hibbard, Dr.P.H., C.K. Mertz, MS
A TAXONOMY OF DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEM DIFFICULTY IN FAMILY MEDICINE
Olga Kostopoulou, PhD, MSc, Jurriaan Oudhoff, PhD, MSc, Radhika Nath, Craig W. Munro, M.B.Ch.B., Brendan Delaney, Clare Harries, PhD, BA
DECISIONAL CONFLICT IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS CONSIDERING BARIATRIC SURGERY
Daniel P. Schauer, MD, MSc, David Arterburn, MD, MPH, Calvin Selwyn, MD, Ruth Wise, MSN, Mark Eckman, MD, MS
ELICITING DECISION WEIGHTS FROM CLINICIANS
Fredrik A. Dahl, PhD, Pål Gulbrandsen, MD, PhD
THE VALUE OF DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION TO PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH, Kristine M. Alpi, MLS, MPH, Alvin I. Mushlin, MD, ScM
HOW CONFIDENT ARE DENTISTS IN THEIR DECISION TO ADMINISTER ANTIBIOTICS?
Eva Ellervall, BS, Berndt Brehmer, Professor, Kerstin Knutsson
Part 2 
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A 10-ITEM DECISIONAL CONFLICT SCALE IN A COHORT OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
Stephen Kearing, MS, Annette M. O'Connor, PhD, E. Dale Collins, MD, Kate F. Clay, MA, BSN, Caroline P. Moore, MPH, Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas, PhD
Part 3 
ESTIMATING TARGETING OF SIGNALING INHIBITORS USING PROBABILISTIC BOOLEAN NETWORKS AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL DATA
Andrew V. Kossenkov, MA, Yuliya Skorobogatko, MA, J. Robert Beck, MD, Andrew K. Godwin, PhD, Giovanni Parmigiani, PhD, Michael F. Ochs, PhD
A GIST-BASED VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF RISK TOOL FOR POST-TEST UPDATING
Farrell Lloyd, MD, MPH, Valerie Reyna, PhD
AN ANALYSIS OF ANTIBIOTIC UTILIZATION FROM PHYSICIANS' ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS IN PRIMARY CESAREAN SECTION
Chun-Mu Chen, MD, Hsiu-Min Chen, MD, Tsung-Chang Tsai, MD, Ching-Chen Su, MD&PHD, Herng-Chia Chiu, PhD
SCREENING PREGNANT WOMEN FOR AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE IS COST-EFFECTIVE
Chrysoula Dosiou, MD, MS, Gillian D. Sanders, PhD, Sally S. Araki, PhD, Lawrence M. Crapo, MD, PhD
COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF TWO MASS DISSEMINATION METHODS OF A VIDEO DECISION AID ON COLON CANCER SCREENING RATES
Alison Tytell Brenner, BA, Carmen Lewis, MD, MPH, Jennifer M. Griffith, DrPH, MPH, Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, Robert Malone, PharmD
MONITORING A CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAM: SUCCESSFUL CHANGES IN CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN THE NETHERLANDS
Matejka Rebolj, M.Sc., Marjolein Van Ballegooijen, MD, PhD, Louise-Maria Berkers, M.Sc., Dik Habbema, PhD
COSTS AND NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TRIAGE OF PERSISTENT BORDERLINE AND MILDLY DYSKARYOTIC SMEARS
Matejka Rebolj, M.Sc., Aagje Bais, MD, Marjolein Van Ballegooijen, MD, PhD, Willem-Jan Meerding, PhD, Theo Helmerhorst, MD, PhD, Dik Habbema, PhD
KICKING BAD HABITS MAY BE EASIER THAN DEVELOPING GOOD ONES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS OF BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Celia C. Kamath, PhD, Kristin S. Vickers, PhD, Angela Ehrlich, PhD, Lauren McGovern, MD, Jonathan Johnson, MD, Vibha Singhal, MD, Remberto Paulo, MD, Allison Hettinger, MD, Patricia Erwin, Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc
BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO IMPLEMENTING SHARED DECISION MAKING INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' PERCEPTIONS
France Legare, MD, PhD, CCFP, F, Karine Gravel, BS, Ian Graham, PhD
COPLOT: A NEW TOOL FOR VISUALIZING MULTIVARIATE DATA
Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS, Kaveh Shojania, MD, Ingram Olkin, PhD, Adi Raveh, PhD
UNDERSTANDING PROXY DECISION MAKING TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE HEALTH FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
Kathleen M. Fisher, PhD, Frredrick K. Orkin, MD, MBA, Msc, Michael J. Green, MD, MS, Anand Bhattacharya, BPT
A RATING SCALE FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Meenal B. Patwardhan, MD, MHSA, Gregory P. Samsa, PhD, Deborah A. Fisher, MD, Christopher R. Mantyh, MD, Douglas C. McCrory, MD, Michael A. Morse, MD, Robert G. Prosnitz, MD
TEST AND TREAT FOR HELICOBACTER PYLORI V ACID SUPPRESSION ALONE FOR DYSPEPSIA, STOCHASTIC COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE MRC-CUBE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Brendan C. Delaney, MD, Michelle Qume, PhD, Paul Moayyedi, PhD, Richard FA Logan, MD, Cliodna McNulty, PhD, Richard Hobbs, Sue Wilson, PhD, Alex Ford, Cathy Elliott
VA AND NON-VA UTILIZATION BY VETERANS WITH STROKE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Sooyeon Kwon, PhD, Rebecca Beyth, MD, Huanguang Jia, PhD, Diane Cowper, PhD, David B. Matchar, MD
IDENTIFYING ANGINA PATIENTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS DATA
Judith Kempf, PhD, Sharashchandra Shetty, PhD, Annikka Anderberg, Michael Nelson, PharmD
THE EVALUATION OF PHYSICIAN GROUP ACADEMIC DETAILING AS A METHOD TO INCREASE LABORATORY MONITORING
Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD, Margaret J. Gunter, PhD, John Hsu, MD, MBA, Scott Kaatz, DO, FACP, Lonni Schultz, PhD, Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, Steven R. Simon, MD, Jan Simpkins, MA, Stephen B. Soumerai, ScD, Connie S. Uratsu, MA
ARE PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICIAN ADVICE TO CURTAIL ALCOHOL USE?
Noah J. Webster, MA, Adam T. Perzynski, MA, Richard A. McCormick, PhD, Carol E. Blixen, PhD, Stephanie W. Kanuch, MEd, Eleanor P. Stoller, Neal V. Dawson, MD
CESAREAN DELIVERY ON MATERNAL REQUEST: A DECISION ANALYSIS PRIORITIZING AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Aubri S. Rose, M.S., Michelle Lin, MPH, Anna N.A. Tosteson, ScD
COMPARING ALTERNATIVE PROPENSITY SCORE METHODS: MEASURING RESOURCE USE AFTER INITIATING INFLIXIMAB TREATMENT IN CROHN'S DISEASE
Patrick D. Meek, PharmD, MS, Nilay D. Shah, PhD, Marjorie A. Rosenberg, PhD

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