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Concurrent Session Abstracts F: Methodological Advances

Tuesday, October 21, 2008: 11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Penns Landing)
Session Chairs:
Milton C. Weinstein, PhD and David J. Vanness, Ph.D.
11:30 AM
F-1
A NEW NON-PARAMETRIC MATCHING METHOD (GENETIC MATCHING) FOR BIAS ADJUSTMENT
Jasjeet S. Sekhon, PhD, UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Richard Grieve, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
11:45 AM
F-2
TIME COSTS OF OUTPATIENT VISITS: THE AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
Louise B. Russell, PhD, Yoko Ibuka, PhD and Deborah S. Carr, PhD, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
12:00 PM
F-3
WHAT HAPPENS TO VALUE OF INFORMATION MEASURES AS THE NUMBER OF DECISION OPTIONS INCREASES?
Pelham M. Barton, PhD, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:15 PM
F-4
A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE EXPECTED VALUE OF PARTIAL PERFECT INFORMATION
Mohsen Sadatsafavi, MD, MHSc1, Mehdi Najafzadeh, MA1, Nick J. Bansback, MSc2, Sonia Sizto, MSc2, Huiying Sun, PhD2, Larry D. Lynd, PhD1 and Carlo A. Marra, PharmD, PhD1, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
12:30 PM
F-5
BAYESIAN MIXED TREATMENT COMPARISON META-ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS B
Gloria Woo, MSc1, George Tomlinson, PhD2, Ba Pham, MSc2 and Murray D. Krahn, MD, MSc3, (1)Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)University Health Network, and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
12:45 PM
F-6
MODELLING THE VALUE FOR MONEY OF CLINICAL PRACTICE CHANGE: A STOCHASTIC APPLICATION IN DIABETES CARE
Ties Hoomans, MS1, Keith Abrams, PhD2, Silvia Evers, PhD1, Andre Ament, PhD1 and Hans Severens, PhD3, (1)Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, (2)University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, (3)Maastricht University / Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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