ISPOR Eighth ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING AWARDS RECIPIENTS

by Nadia Naaman, Director, Marketing & Member Services

At the ISPOR Eighth Annual International Meeting, May 18-21, 2003, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, the scientific merit exhibited in contributed poster and podium presentations was recognized with Contributed Paper Award in the following categories: Overall, students and new investigators. This year, the ISPOR Awards Committee evaluated approximately 48 podium presentations and 575 poster presentations.

A SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO Les Noe RPh, MPA, Chair, ISPOR Contributed Research Paper Awards Task Force -- Poster Presentations AND HIS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS TO C. Daniel Mullins PhD, Chair, ISPOR Contributed Research Paper Awards Task Force -- Podium Presentations AND HIS COMMITTEE, FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS IN SELECTING THE WINNERS.

And the recipients are...

BEST CONTRIBUTED PAPER AWARDS PODIUM PRESENTATIONS

SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY ADOLESCENTS: HOSPITAL RESOURCE USE AND COSTS
O'Brien JA, Pitoniak-Morse CA, Caro J
Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA

LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH BOTULINUM TOXIN USE IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Balkrishnan R, Camacho F, Smith BP, Koman AL
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

CURRENT PATTERNS OF CARE AND TREATMENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE
Bullano MF1, Hauch O2, Reynolds M2, Wygant G2, Drury CJ1, Willey VJ1
1Health Core, Newark, DE, USA; 2AstraZeneca, L.P, Wayne, PA, USA


BEST NEW INVESTIGATOR PODIUM PRESENTATION

INCOME DISPARITY IN DIFFUSION OF ORAL DIABETES THERAPY 1999-2001
Snyder SE1, Proveaux WJ2, Mullins CD1
1University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA; 2CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Baltimore, MD, USA

ARE SICK PEOPLE LESS RESPONSIVE TO PRESCRIPTION BENEFIT CHANGES?
Xiao Q, Marks AS, Patel H
Caremark Inc, Northbrook, IL, USA

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY OF LIFE, UTILITY, AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES
Powers C, Suh DC, Shin H
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA


BEST STUDENT PODIUM PRESENTATION

SMOKING STATUS AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQOL): FINDINGS FROM THE BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (BRFSS) DATA
Mody RR, Smith MJ
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE TOWARD ACADEMIC DETAILING AND OTHER DRUG COST-CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES IN A STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Madhavan SS1, Susman T2, Shimer P2, Joseph F2, Sundaram M1, Kamat S1, D'Souza AO1
1West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; 2West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency, Charleston, WV, USA

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PROZACŪ PATENT EXPIRATION AND THE 180-DAY GENERIC FLUOXETINE EXCLUSIVITY IN A PUBLICLY-FINANCED PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM
Punjabi SS1, Johnsrud MT1, Conner C2
1The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; 2Pfizer Inc, Milwaukee, WI, USA 


BEST CONTRIBUTED PAPER AWARDS POSTER PRESENTATIONS


ASSESSMENT OF THE BURDEN OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN FRENCH HOSPITALS: ANALYSIS OF THE PMSI DATABASE
Baron-Papillon F1, Ryan J2, Grumel O3, Sengupta N4
1Mapi Values, Lyon, France; 2Mapi Values, Macclesfield, United Kingdom; 3Abbott France, Rungis Cedex, France; 4Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RALOXIFENE FOR THE PREVENTION OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES IN AUSTRALIA
Davey PJ1, Lees M1, Graham-Clarke P2
1Medical Technology Assessment Group, Chatswood West, NSW, Australia; 2Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd, West Ryde, NSW, Australia

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN FOR PREVENTING TRANSFUSIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Sullivan PW, MacLaren R
University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, Denver, CO, USA

BEST NEW INVESTIGATOR POSTER PRESENTATION

COMPARISON OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MONTELUKAST AND INHALED CORTICOSTEROID AGENTS ON ALLERGIC RHINITIS-RELATED UTILIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Etemad LR1, Meyer JW1, Gilmet GP2, Standford RH2, Stephens CH2
1Ingenix, Eden Prairie, MN, USA; 2GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

PREVALENCE AND MEDICAL CARE COSTS OF BACK PAIN: COMPARISON OF 1996 AND 1999 NATIONAL ESTIMATES
Mychaskiw MA, Thomas III J
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVEN TUMOR TYPES OF INTEREST (TOI) USING LARGE EMPLOYERS' CLAIMS DATABASE
Kutikova L1, Bowman L1, Chang S2, Long S2
1Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 2The MEDSTAT Group, Washington, DC, USA

BEST STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION

DIABETES RELATED DRUG UTILIZATION AND EXPENDITURES IN MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH AND WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE
D'Souza AO, Madhavan S
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
Zammit DC, Hay JW
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

A NATIONAL ESTIMATE OF INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS
Mychaskiw MA, Sankaranarayanan J
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA



ISPOR WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE JUDGES WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS DURING THE MEETING TO SCORE PODIUM AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
 


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