Concurrent Session Abstracts B: Health Services Research and Policy

Monday, October 20, 2008: 1:30 PM
Grand Ballroom B/C (Hyatt Regency Penns Landing)
Session Chairs:
Margaret M. Byrne, PhD and David H. Howard, PhD
1:30 PM
THE IMPACT OF HEALTH STATUS ON ANNUAL INCOME IN THE U.S
Patrick Sullivan, PhD1, Michael B. Nichol, PhD2 and Vahram Ghushchyan, PhD1, (1)University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, Denver, CO, (2)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1:45 PM
DECISION INVOLVEMENT AND MASTECTOMY USE AMONG DIVERSE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
Sarah T. Hawley, PhD, MPH1, Nancy Janz, PhD2, Ann Hamilton, PhD3, John Graff, PhD, MS4, Jennifer Griggs, MD5 and Steven Katz, MD1, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor VA Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbot, MI, (3)USC, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, (4)Wayne State University School of Medicine,, Detroit, MI, (5)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2:00 PM
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MODELING DISASTER RESPONSES IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE: A POSITION PAPER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
Jessica H. McCoy, MS1, Margaret Brandeau, PhD1, Jon-Erik Holty, MD, MS1, Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH2 and Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, (2)Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY
2:15 PM
PREDICTING SIX-YEAR CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
Brian J. Wells, MD, MS1, Anil Jain, MD1, Susana Arrigain, MA1, Changhong Yu, MS1, Wayne A. Jr Rosenkrans, PhD2 and Michael W. Kattan, PhD1, (1)Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, (2)SciTech Strategies, Berwyn, PA
2:30 PM
DISASTER PLANNING: DEMAND FOR “SPECIAL MEDICAL CARE”
Sundar S. Shrestha, PhD, Daniel M. Sosin, MD and Martin I. Meltzer, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
2:45 PM
VALUING HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Lisa Prosser, PhD1, Donna Rusinak2, Katherine Payne, PhD3, Timothy Uyeki, MD, MPH, MPP4, Laurie Kamimoto, MD4 and Mark Messonnier, MS, PhD5, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, (3)University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, (4)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, (5)CDC, Atlanta, GA