In this
issue:
NEW THIS MONTH
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ISPOR
Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award - an endowed award
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ISPOR
Board Of Directors Elections
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ISPOR
9th Annual Meeting features “Medicare Modernization Act”
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ISPOR Website - NEW Features!
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NEW ISPOR Short Course prior to 9th Annual International Meeting
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ISPOR
Short Courses prior to 7th Annual European Congress NOW at website
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Compliance
Special Interest Group Papers NOW at ISPOR Website
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RCT-CEA
Task Force Progress NOW at ISPOR Website
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Value
in Health Vol. 7 No. 2 March/April 2004
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ISPOR
CONNECTIONS, Vol. 10 No. 2 March/April 2004
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NEW
ISPOR Student Chapter
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NEW
ISPOR Special Interest Group Chairs
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NEW
Employment Positions at the ISPOR website
ISPOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES
1.
Publications
2.
Meetings and Congresses
3.
Educational Activities
4.
Student News
5.
ISPOR Special Interest Groups
6.
Committee and Task Force Activities
7.
Hot Topics
8.
Important Dates to Remember
9.
Employment in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes
Research
10.
Membership
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- PUBLICATIONS
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VALUE IN HEALTH
Value in Health: Volume 7, Issue 2, March/April 2004 is online and available
this month at:
http://www.ispor.org/valueinhealth_index.asp.
The following is
the TABLE OF CONTENTS for Value in Health: Volume 7, Issue 2, March/April 2004
Editorials
ISPOR's "Code Of Ethics For Researchers": Is It
Ethical?
Richard J. Milne
Scientific Reports
ISPOR Code Of Ethics For Researchers Background
Article-Report Of The ISPOR Task Force On Code Of Ethics For Researchers
Francis B. Palumbo, Rod Barnes, Patricia Deverka, William
McGhan, Lawrence Mullany, Albert Wertheimer
Policy and Application
What Is Next For Pharmacoeconomics And Outcomes Research In Asia?
Jim Doherty, Isao Kamae, Kenneth K.C. Lee, Hong Li, Shu-Chun
Li, Gordon G. Liu, Yen-Huei Tarn, Bong-min Yang
Seniors With Chronic Health Conditions And Prescription
Drugs: Benefits, Wealth, And Health
Barry G. Saver, Mark P. Doescher, J. Elizabeth Jackson, Paul
Fishman
Empirical Research
Resource Utilization And Costs Of Stroke Unit Care In Germany
Richard C. Dodel, Caroline Haacke, Karin Zamzow, Sven
Pawelzik, Annika Spottke, Mira Rethfeldt, Uwe Siebert, Wolfgang H. Oertel,
Oliver Schoffski, Tobias Back
A Computer Simulation Model Of The Natural History And
Economic Impact Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sixten Borg, Asa Ericsson, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Amund Gulsvik,
Bo Lundback, Gavin C. Donaldson, Sean D. Sullivan
The Scope Study: Health-Care Consumption Related To Patients
With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In France
B. Detournay, C. Pribil, M. Fournier, B. Housset, G. Huchon,
D. Huas, P.
Godard, C. Voinet, I. Chanal, Colette Jourdanne, I. Durand-Zaleski, the SCOPE Group
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Interventions To Enhance
Mammography Compliance Using Computer Modeling (Can*Trol)
Jasmanda H. Wu, Man C. Fung, Wenyaw Chan, David R. Lairson
Out-Of-Pocket Health-Care Expenditures Among Older Americans
With Cancer
Kenneth M. Langa, A. Mark Fendrick, Michael E. Chernew,
Mohammed U.
Kabeto, Kerry L. Paisley, James A. Hayman
The Impact Of Managed Eye Care On Use Of Vision Services,
Vision Costs, And Patient Satisfaction
Shoshana S. Colman, R. David Jones, Christian L. Serdahl, F.
Mason Smith, Stefanie J. Silva, Warren H. Schonfeld
Methodology
Satisfaction With Medication: An Overview Of Conceptual,
Methodologic, And Regulatory Issues
Richard Shikiar, Anne M. Rentz
Correspondence
Inconsistency in DTCA Practices by Manufacturers: Is It Time
to Standardize Print Summaries?
ISPOR CONNECTIONS
ISPOR CONNECTIONS: Volume 10, Issue 2, March/April
2004 is now available to the public at:
http://www.ispor.org/news/index_new.asp . In this issue:
In Search of an Unbiased Estimate of
Treatment Effect Using Observational Data: A Comparison of Propensity Scoring
and Heckman Two Stage Sample Selection Models
Rahul Ganguly PhD, The University of
Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA; Bradley C. Martin PhD, The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, USA; Jeffrey H. Dorfman, PhD, The University of Georgia, Athens,
GA, USA; John A. Rizzo, PhD, Cornell University, USA;
(From the workshops presented at ISPOR 8th Annual International
Meeting, May 19th-22nd 2003, Virginia, USA & ISPOR 6th
Annual European Congress, November 9th-11th 2003,
Barcelona, Spain)
Measuring the Gains from Medical
Research: An Economic Approach
Edited by Kevin M. Murphy and Robert
H. Topel
(An Introduction from the Book
“Measuring the Gains from Medical Research: An Economic Approach,” by Kevin M.
Murphy and Robert H Topel)
Use of Outcomes Research in
Pharmaceutical Medical and Reimbursement Decisions in a Decentralized System
Jean Francois Baladi MBA, Director
of Health Policy and Pharmacoeconomics, Novartis Pharma Canada, Inc., Quebec, Canada
HEALTH CARE COST, QUALITY, AND OUTCOMES: ISPOR BOOK OF TERMS
This ISPOR publication includes over 100 monographs covering
over 400 terms used in health care delivery, management, and regulation, as
well as health care outcomes research including clinical, economic, and
quality-of-life research terms. ISPOR member discounted price is $36.00; a
40% discount! Student/Library/Academic discounted price: $33.00 (a
45% discount). On-line ordering now available at:
http://www.ispor.org/publications/lexicon_index.asp.
Contact Stephen Priori at
spriori@ispor.org
for information on orders over 1000 and book sponsorship.
LOOK FOR OUR ADVERTISEMENT IN THE APRIL 2004 ISSUE OF MAPI
RESEARCH’S QOL NEWSLETTER!
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- ISPOR MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES
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9TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING
May 16-19, 2004, Crystal Gateway
Marriott, Arlington, VA, USA
PROGRAM HOT TOPICS:
MEDICARE MODERNIZATION ACT
·
MEDICARE
DRUG BENEFIT & COST-EFFECTIVENESS: WHO PLAYS & WHO PAYS (First Plenary Session,
Monday, May 17 8:30AM-9:45AM)
·
EFFECT
OF SECTION 1013 "RESEARCH ON OUTCOMES OF HEALTH CARE ITEMS AND
SERVICES" OF THE US MEDICARE MODERNIZATION ACT ON OUTCOMES RESEARCH (Issues Panels, Monday, May
17 11:30AM-12:30PM)
·
THE
IMPACT OF MEDICARE’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG LEGISLATION ON PHARMACOECONOMICS AND
OUTCOMES RESEARCH (Issues Panels, Tuesday, May 17 9:15AM-10:15AM)
PROGRAM KEY FEATURES:
·
Contributed
Poster presentations Session I
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/posters1.asp
·
Contributed
Poster presentations Session II
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/posters2.asp
·
Contributed
Podium Presentations Session I –II-III-IV
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/index.asp
·
Contributed
Issues Panels Session
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/panels.asp
·
Contributed
Workshops Session
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/workshops.asp
·
ISPOR
Special Interest Group/Task Force Forums
DEADLINES:
DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE FOR HOTEL
DEADLINE: April 18, 2004
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/hotel_info.asp
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, April 20,
2004
https://www.ispor.org
ISPOR SYMPOSIUM: BENEFIT/RISK: IN SEARCH OF THE PROPER
BALANCE
Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5:00PM-7:00PM
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA, USA
Prior to the ISPOR 9th
Annual International Meeting
Co-Sponsored by ISPOR and PhRMA Health Outcomes Committee
Please see
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/symposium.asp
for symposium program.
7TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS
24-26 October 2004, CCH Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, German
CALL FOR ABSTRACT AVAILABLE ONLINE
http://www.ispor.org/congresses/germany1004/sponsor.asp
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT NOW!
Abstract Deadline: 21 June 2004
MEETING AT A GLANCE
http://www.ispor.org/congresses/germany1004/index.asp
Sign up for Exhibit Space, contract
available online a
https://www.ispor.org/forms/contractgermany1004.asp
Sponsorship Opportunities still available, for more
information go to
http://www.ispor.org/congresses/germany1004/sponsor.asp
- EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
Top
**NEW** ISPOR SHORT COURSE prior to 9th Annual
International Meeting**
INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILISTIC COST (Sunday, AM)
Faculty: Andrew Briggs Dphil, Professor, Health Economics
Research Centre, University of Oxford, Institute of Health Sciences Headington,
Oxford, UK; Mark Sculpher MSc, PhD, Professor, University of York,
Centre for Health Economics, Heslington, York, UK
SHORT COURSES prior to ISPOR 9TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
MEETING
For Short Course descriptions go to:
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/index.asp
Saturday, May 15 Short Courses:
·
Pharmacoeconomics
for Decision-makers (full-day course)
·
Modeling:
Structure & Design of Model (full day course)
·
Introduction
to Quality of Life / Patient-reported Outcomes (AM)
·
Quality
of Life / Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials (PM)
·
Cost
Estimation: Finding and Extracting Cost Data (AM)
·
Financial
Impact / Cost of Illness (PM)
·
Introduction
to Pharmacoepidemiology (AM)
·
Randomized
Clinical Trial and Observational/Naturalistic Study Design (PM)
Sunday, May 16 Short Courses:
·
Elements
of Pharmaceutical Pricing (PM)
·
Bayesian
Analysis: Overview (AM)
·
Bayesian
Analysis: Applications (PM)
·
Advanced
Quantitative Methods for Quality of Life / Patient-reported Outcomes Research (AM)
·
Old
and New Utility Measures in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (PM)
·
Introduction
to Probabilistic Cost (AM)
·
Statistical
Considerations In Economic Evaluations (PM)
·
Retrospective
Database Analysis: Data sources and Methods (full day course)
·
Meta-Analysis
And Systematic Literature Review (AM)
·
Introduction
To Decision Analysis (AM)
·
Computer-Assisted
Decision Analysis Applications (PM)
**NEW** SHORT COURSES- ISPOR 7TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN
CONGRESS
13 ISPOR SHORT COURSES prior to the ISPOR 7th
Annual European Congress 23-24 October NOW available at:http://www.ispor.org/congresses/germany1004/index.asp
- STUDENT NEWS
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NEW ISPOR Student Chapter
Welcome, Purdue University, to the ISPOR Student Council!
ISPOR has 28 student chapters.
http://www.ispor.org/student/chapters_index.asp
ISPOR Student Volunteers wanted for the 9th
Annual International Meeting.
If interested, please email:
students@ispor.org.
- ISPOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)
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MEDICATION COMPLIANCE SIG
**NEW** Compilation of compliance articles researched
and compiled by the Med Comp SIG Bibliography Working Group NOW at the ISPOR
website at:
http://www.ispor.org/sigs/medication.asp
Bibliography of compliance articles available are on:
·
all
topics - publications sorted by therapeutic areas
·
all
topics - publications sorted by year
·
costs
of medication noncompliance - publications sorted by therapeutic areas
·
costs
of medication noncompliance - publications sorted by year
·
implications
of medication noncompliance - publications sorted by therapeutic areas
·
implications
of medication noncompliance - publications sorted by year
CLINICAL PRACTICE SIG
**NEW** Announcing Working Group
Chairs
PE/OR Evaluation: F. Randy Vogenberg RPh, PhD V.P.
& National Practice Council Leader, Aon Consulting Life Sciences Practice
Education: Lawrence D. Goldberg, MD, MBA
President, Goldberg, MD & Associates
Lecture: Sara Shull MBA, PharmD, Drug Policy
and Economics Pharmacist Specialist, Nebraska Health System
Clinician Research Network Working
Group: Ramon
Bautista MD, MBA Department of Neurology, University of Florida HSC/ Jacksonville
Clinical Practice SIG Chair: Pamela Chavis, MD Associate Clinical
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
RISK MANAGEMENT SIG
**NEW** Announcing Risk Management SIG Chair
Dennis Raisch RPh, PhD Associate Director, VA Cooperative
Studies Program,
Clinical Research Pharmacy
The RM SIG has created Working Groups and plans to write a
White Paper on the following topics:
a. Current Interventions Working Group (costs &
effectiveness of current interventions)
b. Benefit / Risk Analysis & Decision-making Working
Group
c. Health Care Systems Analysis Working Group
d. Communication Working Group
e. Risk Expectations & Managing Risk Working Group
f. Related Discipline Knowledge Working Group (what can we
learn from other fields)
Special Interest Group membership is open to ALL ISPOR
members.
To JOIN any SIG:
http://www.ispor.org/sigs/joinsig_.asp
- ISPOR COMMITTEE AND TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES
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**NEW** ISPOR RANDOMIZED TRIAL-COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS (RCT-CEA) TASK
FORCE
Task Force Core Group members, objectives, and Best Practices outline NOW at:
http://www.ispor.org/workpaper/clinical_trial.asp
AWARDS COMMITTEE
**NEW** ISPOR Bernie J. O’Brien New Investigator Award - an endowed award
Bernie O'Brien PhD, Professor, Department of Clinical
Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada passed away in February. Bernie was Chair of the ISPOR 9th Annual International Meeting to be
held in May this year in Arlington, VA, USA and a recipient of the ISPOR
Research Excellence Award in 2002.
ISPOR has created the ISPOR Bernie J. O’Brien New
Investigator Award, an endowed award. This Award is to honor the
long-standing commitment of Bernie to training and mentoring new scientists in
the fields of outcomes research and pharmacoeconomics. A description, criteria,
selection process, and nature of this award are at the ISPOR website at:
http://www.ispor.org/awards/Obrien_investigator.asp.
This Award will be announced Monday, May 17, 2004 at the ISPOR 9th
Annual International Meeting.
We invite you to contribute to this ISPOR Award endowment. Please note that one-half of the
contributions received for this endowed award will be given to the Emma and
Lucy O'Brien Trust Fund (Emma and Lucy are Bernie’s daughters).
If you are interested in contributing to the ISPOR Bernie J.
O’Brien New Investigator Award Endowment, please email your interest to
endowment@ispor.org.
We hope that you will donate to this endowment and lasting
memory to Bernie and his ideals.
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
**NEW** 2004 ISPOR Board of Directors Elections
The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes
Research is a member-driven organization. Your participation is critical. The
activities of the organization are response to member needs. As a
member-driven organization, its governance is determined by the membership.
The 2004 Ballot of ISPOR Board of Directors candidates are:
President-Elect
C. Daniel Mullins PhD
Peter J. Neumann ScD
Director (Position 1)
Isao Kame MD, DrPH
Kenneth KC Lee MPhil, PhD
Director (Position 2)
Capt. Laurie Beth Burke RPh, MPH
Pennifer Ericson PhD
Director (Position 3)
Jens Grueger PhD
Pierre-Philippe Sagnier MD, MPH, DEA
To vote, go to
http://www.ispor.org/members/elections/elect2004.asp
- HOT TOPICS
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SCHIFF
CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO ENSURE A FAIR, COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO
ALLEGATIONS ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WITHHELD TRUE FISCAL IMPACT OF MEDICARE
BILL
WASHINGTON,
D.C. – (March 26, 2004) – Rep. Adam Schiff and members of the House Blue Dog Coalition – a
group of Democratic Congressional members committed to fiscal responsibility –
called on President Bush today to guarantee a fair and comprehensive
investigation into recent allegations that Administration officials withheld
the true fiscal impact of the Medicare bill (H.R.1) from Congress.
For full
text of the article, go to:
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca29_schiff/032604MedicareLetter.html
Be Sure to Check Out the New
Look ISPOR website at
www.ispor.org
In
our ongoing effort to provide our members with the best services and content,
we're introducing a new design and new features.
The
New Look
www.ispor.org is easy to
navigate and will provide the most up-to-date information for ISPOR-related
meetings and events and health care information.
Research
and publications will be just a point and click away. And all of the
activities that ISPOR offers will be at your fingertips.
You’ll
be able view select past presentations and write a news release about your own
research that will be posted at the www.ispor.org. You’ll also be a to chat
with colleagues and discuss what’s current in health care and outcomes
research.
The
New Look
www.ispor.org will be
launching Tuesday, April 6th.
- IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
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APRIL 7,
2004 – Deadline to
submit ads to be included in the final program brochure of the ISPOR 9th
Annual International Meeting. For more information, go to
http://www.ispor.org/advertising/finalprg.asp
APRIL18,
2004 – Deadline for
reserving discounted Room Rate for Hotel for 9th Annual Meeting. For more
information, see:
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/va0504/hotel_info.asp
APRIL 20,
2004 – Early
registration deadline for 9th Annual International Meeting 2004, Crystal Gateway
Marriott, Arlington, VA, USA. To register, go to:
https://www.ispor.org
MAY
16-19, 2004 - 9th Annual International Meeting 2004, Crystal Gateway
Marriott, Arlington, VA, USA
- EMPLOYMENT
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Advertise your positions on ISPOR Web (up to 1 million hits
per month)
http://www.ispor.org/employment/employment_index.asp
ISPOR PRAP CENTER
The ISPOR Professional Recruitment Assistance Program
(PRAP) Center at the ISPOR 9th
Annual International Meeting May 16-19, 2004 in Arlington, VA,
is a targeted, efficient, and cost-effective means to reach qualified candidates
(If you would like your job description to be printed in the Final Program,
formatted quarter page ad must be received by April
7, 2004). For more information, go to:
http://www.ispor.org/prap.asp
- ISPOR MEMBERSHIP
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Update your
email address at
https://www.ispor.org/members/addresschange.asp Your email
address is required as part of your log in information in the members only
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