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Tuesday, October 23, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Grand Station II (Sheraton Station Square Hotel)
Concurrent Abstracts F: Simulation and Clinical Strategies
Session Chairs:Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS
Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH
8:30 AMEFFECT OF HPV VACCINE CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ON INCIDENCE OF DISEASE
Gillian D. Sanders, PhD, Scott C. Schmidler, PhD
8:45 AMSCALING UP ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART) IN SOUTH AFRICA: SPEED AND SURVIVAL
Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Robin Wood, FCP, MMed, DTM&H, Milton C. Weinstein, PhD, Neil A. Martinson, MBBCh, MPH, Elena Losina, PhD, Mariam O. Fofana, AB, Sue J. Goldie, MD, MPH, Nomita Divi, MSc, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, MD, PhD, Bingxia Wang, PhD, A. David Paltiel, PhD, Kenneth A. Freedberg, MD, MSc
9:00 AMVALIDATION OF DISASTER PLANNING WITH DISCRETE EVENT MODEL SIMULATION
Duane Steward, DVM, MSIE, PhD
9:15 AMWHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO: A DECISION ANALYSIS OF AMBULANCE DIVERSION FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION INTERVENTIONAL THERAPY
Henry Wang, MD, MS, Oscar Marroquin, MD, Kenneth Smith, MD, MS
9:30 AMSYSTEMATIC BIAS IN THE PROJECTION OF LIFETIME COSTS OF CHRONIC DISEASES AND COSTS OF SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS: DEMONSTRATION USING A POPULATION BASED DIABETES AND MATCHED NON-DIABETES COHORT FROM THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Robert Hopkins, MA, Daria J. O'Reilly, PhD, MSc, Jean-Eric Tarride, PhD, MA, James M. Bowen, BScPhm, MSc, Gord Blackhouse, MBA, Kaitryn Campbell, MLIS, Lisa Patterson, BA, Ron Goeree, MA
9:45 AM*ROBUST TREATMENT DECISIONS FOR MANAGING CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES
Murat Kurt, MS, Andrew Schaefer, PhD, Nilay D. Shah, PhD, Todd R. Huschka, MS, Steven A. Smith, MD, Brian T. Denton, PhD

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