PROGRAM - Tuesday, May 18, 2010

PROGRAM - TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010
 
7:00AM-8:00AM
EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (Sponsored by RTI Health Solutions)
PERFORMANCE-BASED RISK SHARING AGREEMENTS: FAD OR TREND? Symposium Description »
8:00AM - 8:30AM
EXHIBITS & RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS VIEWING – SESSION II
8:30AM - 9:30AM
RESEARCH PODIUM PRESENTATIONS – SESSION II
8:30AM - 9:30AM

COST-EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES

CE1: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SWITCHING PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES FROM INSULIN GLARGINE TO INSULIN DETEMIR IN A CHINESE SETTING: A HEALTH ECONOMIC MODEL BASED ON THE PREDICTIVE STUDY

Yang L1, Christensen T2, White J3, Sun F4
1Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, 2Novo Nordisk A/S, Virum, Denmark, 3Novo Nordisk, Zurich, Switzerland, 4Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

 

CE2: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SILDENAFIL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN MEXICAN ADULT PATIENTS

Arreola-Ornelas H1, Rosado-Buzzo A1, García-Mollinedo L1, Dorantes-Aguilar J1, Muciño-Ortega E2, Mould-Quevedo JF2
1Links & Links, Mexico City, Mexico, 2Pfizer S.A. de C.V., México City, Mexico

 

CE3: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF POLYMYXIN B IMMOBILIZED FIBER COLUMN AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE ABDOMINAL SEPSIS IN ITALY

Berto P1, Antonelli M2, Ronco C3, Cruz D3, Melotti RM4
1Pbe Consulting, Verona, Italy, 2Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Policlinico Gemelli, Roma, Italy, 3Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy, 4Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

 

CE4: A PRELIMINARY COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF TARGETED VACCINATION POLICIES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE H1N1 PANDEMIC IN THE US

Hettle R, Reason T
Heron Evidence Development Ltd, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK

8:30AM - 9:30AM

CANCER OUTCOMES RESEARCH STUDIES

CN1: MODELING THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION IN BREAST CANCER TREATMENT ON THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING

Shih YCT1, Venier J1, Munsell M1, Cantor SB1, Elting LS1, Ravdin P2, Berry DA1
1University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, 2Adjuvant! Online, San Antonio, TX, USA

 

CN2: USE OF LATENT VARIABLE AND SURVIVAL MODELING TO ESTIMATE THE ASSOCIATION OF PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES AND PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL IN MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA

Hackshaw MD1, Boye ME2, West TM2, Prehn AW1
1Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA

 

CN3: DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS OF TREATMENT OF METASTATIC BREAST CANCER AFTER ANTHRACYCLINES AND TAXANES FAILURE FROM THE MEXICAN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

Juarez-Garcia A1, Vargas-Valencia J2, Martínez-Fonseca J2, Uc-Coyoc R1, Bargalló-Rocha E3, Hernández-Rivera G1, Gómez-Roel X1
1Bristol Myers Squibb, D.F., Mexico, 2Econopharma Consulting S. A. de C. V., Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, 3Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico, DF, Mexico

 

CN4: USING QALYS IN CANCER: WHAT ARE THE METHODOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS?

Wang Q1, Shah K2
1Bristol-Myers Squibb, Uxbridge, Sussex, UK, 2Office of Health Economics, London, UK

8:30AM - 9:30AM

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT STUDIES

ME1: CLINICAL, ECONOMIC, AND HUMANISTIC BENEFITS OF A RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DISEASE THERAPY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Stockl KM, Shin J, Harada AS, Lew HC, Solow BK, Curtis BS
Prescription Solutions, Irvine, CA, USA

 

ME2: THE EFFECT OF MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE GAP ON MEDICATION ADHERENCE

Said Q, Li C, Souder E, Hastings JK
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

 

ME3: IMPACT OF COST SHARING ON TREATMENT AUGMENTATION IN PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION

Gibson TB1, Jing Y2, Bagalman E1, Cao Z1, Bates J2, Hebden T2, Forbes RA3, Doshi JA4
1Thomson Reuters, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Plainsboro, NJ, USA, 3Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Princeton, NJ, USA, 4University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

ME4: THE IMPACT OF MEDICARE PART D ON HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AND HEALTH OF THE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES

Liu FX1, Alexander GC2, Crawford SY3, Pickard AS3, Hedeker DR3, Walton S3
1Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL, USA, 2University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 3University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

8:30AM - 9:30AM

STUDIES DEALING WITH SELECTION BIAS

SB1: EXPENDITURE OF DISEASE MODIFYING ANTI-RHEUMATOID TREATMENT – LAGGED TREATMENTS AS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES IN PANEL DATA

Kawatkar AA1, Nichol MB2
1Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA, 2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

SB2: COMPARING BINARY PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS WITH MULTIPLE PROPENSITY SCORE APPROACH AMONG PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

Chitnis AS, Aparasu RR, Chen H, Johnson ML
University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

 

SB3: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING METHODS IN ELDERLY ANTIPSYCHOTIC USERS

Mehta S, Chen H, Johnson M, Aparasu RR
University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

 

SB4: DEALING WITH SELECTION BIAS IN NONLINEAR SETTINGS: A CASE OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF STATIN PLUS FIBRATE COMBINATION THERAPY VERSUS STATIN MONOTHERAPY IN TYPE II DIABETES

Suh HS1, Doctor J2, Hay JW3
1National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA), Seoul, South Korea, 2USC School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

8:30AM - 9:30AM

HEALTH CARE TRENDS

TR1: THE EFFECT OF GENERIC DRUG ENTRY ON U.S. MEDICAID EXPENDITURES: 1991 - 2008

Kelton CM1, Guo JJ2, Safi A1, Yu Y1
1University of Cincinnati College of Business, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

 

TR2: RECENT TRENDS IN EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE SPENDING BY DISEASE

Huse DM, Marder WD
Thomson Reuters (Healthcare), Cambridge, MA, USA

 

TR3: TIME-RELEASE LAUNCH IN RELATION TO GENERIC LAUNCH: CASES

Wiederkehr DP1, Nichols E1, Doyle J2
1Quintiles Global Consulting, Hawthorne, NY, USA, 2Quintiles Consulting, Hawthorne, NY, USA

 

TR4: PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 13-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (PCV13) IN AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC IN SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG

Rubin J1, McGarry L1, Klugman K2, Strutton D3, Gilmore K1, Hwang S3, Rinaldi F4, Weinstein M5
1i3 Innovus, Medford, MA, USA, 2Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, 3Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA, 4Independent Consultant to Wyeth - Asia Pacific, London, UK, 5Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

9:45AM-10:45AM
RESEARCH PODIUM PRESENTATIONS – SESSION III
9:45AM-10:45AM

HEALTH CARE DECISION-MAKER'S CASE STUDIES

CASE1: IMPLEMENTATION OF A NONFORMULARY PRESCRIBING MONITORING SYSTEMS REVEALS OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST SAVINGS IN AN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER

Helmons PJ, Daniels CE
University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA

 

CASE2: INVENTING A TIERED FORMULARY BASED ON THE INCREMENTAL COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUGS

Watkins J1, Sullivan S2, Ramsey S3, Wong E1, Veenstra D2, Burke W4, Roy Choudhury S1
1Premera Blue Cross, Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA, 2University of Washington, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, Seattle, WA, USA, 3Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 4University of Washington, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, Seattle, WA, USA

 

CASE3: THE VA TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT ADVISORY GROUP: INFORMING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY

Adams E
Veterans Health Administration, Boston, MA, USA

 

CASE4: NEW FINDINGS FROM INTEGRATING ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL DATABASES TO ESTIMATE PRICE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS

Wong H1, Levit K2, Sun YC3
1Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA, 2Thomson Reuters, Washington, DC, DC, USA, 3Thomson Reuters, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

9:45AM-10:45AM

COMPLIANCE/ADHERENCE STUDIES

CM1: ADHERENCE, DISCONTINUATION, AND SWITCHING OF BIOLOGIC THERAPIES IN MEDICAID ENROLLEES WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Li P, Blum MA, Feldt JMV, Hennessy S, Doshi JA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

CM2: EFFECTS OF NONADHERENCE WITH ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS/ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS ON HOSPITALIZATION AND MORTALITY AMONG PATIENTS WITH DIABETES

Yang Y1, Banahan BF1, Pace PF2
1University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA, 2University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA

 

CM3: PSYCHIATRIC-RELATED HEALTH CARE COSTS AND RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH TYPE I BIPOLAR DISORDER WHO RELAPSE FREQUENTLY IN A COMMERCIALLY INSURED POPULATION

Durden E1, Muser E2, Choi J3, Bagalman E4, Dirani R3
1Thomson Reuters, Austin, TX, USA, 2Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, O'Fallon, MO, USA, 3Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA, 4Thomson Reuters, Washington, DC, USA

 

CM4: IMPACT OF MULTIPLE MEDICATION COMPLIANCE ON HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH COMORBID TYPE II DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Nichol MB1, An JJ1, Wu J1, Priest J2, Knight TK1, Cantrell C2
1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2GlaxoSmithKline, RTP, NC, USA

9:45AM-10:45AM

CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES RESEARCH STUDIES

CV1: PERIOPERATIVE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL DURING CARDIAC SURGERY REDUCES HOSPITALIZATION COSTS

Ishak K1, Stolar M2, Wang Y3, Alvarez P2, Hu MY3, Williams GC3, Ferguson J3, Aronson S4, Multz AS5, Dyke CM6, Getsios D7
1UnitedBioSource Corporation, Dorval, QC, Canada, 2United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA, 3The Medicines Company, Parsippany, NJ, USA, 4Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA, 5Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY, USA, 6Brazosport Regional Health System, Lake Jackson, TX, USA, 7United BioSource Corporation, Halifax, NS, Canada

 

CV2: USING AN INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF VALSARTAN INITIATION ON MEDICAL COSTS FOR PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION

Sun P1, Chang JR2, Zhang J2, Kahler KH2
1Kailo Research Group, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 2Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA

 

CV3: EFFECT OF BIVALIRUDIN ON ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF STEMI PATIENTS IN AN OBSERVATIONAL DATASET

Kessler DP
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

 

CV4: COMPARATIVE COST OF ABLATION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS STRATIFIED BY PROCEDURAL SUCCESS VERSUS FAILURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN MEDICARE-AGED ABLATION CANDIDATES IN THE UNITED STATES

Kim MH1, Lin J2, Foltz Boklage SH3, Kreilick CA3
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, 2sanofi-aventis U.S., Bridgewater, NJ, USA, 3ProUnlimited, Boca Raton, FL, USA

9:45AM-10:45AM

PERSONALIZED MEDICINE STUDIES

PM1: RISK-BENEFIT FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATION OF GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING IN WOMEN WITH EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER: A DECISION MODEL DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS

Roth J, Veenstra D
1University of Washington, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, Seattle, WA, USA

 

PM2: EFFECTS OF PRIMARY PROPHYLACTIC G-CSF USE AND DURATION OF USE ON NEUTROPENIA HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR ELDERLY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY

Rajan SS1, Lyman G2
1University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, 2Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

 

PM3: ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF GENETIC TEST IN COMBINATION WITH PREVENTIVE DONEPEZIL TREATMENT FOR AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PATIENTS: LIFE- TIME MODEL

Djalalov S1, Yong J1, Saposnik G1, Musa Z2, Mendelson M3, Siminovitch K4, Black S5, Hoch J2
1St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 4Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

PM4: TRANSLATIONAL AND POLICY RESEARCH IN PERSONALIZED MEDICINE FOR CANCER

Marshall DA1, Kulin NA1, Elkin EB2, Ferrusi IL1, Phillips K3
1McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA, 3University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

9:45AM-10:45AM

RESEARCH ON THE USE OF UTILITY MEASUREMENT

UT1: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN UTILITY AND TREATMENT AMONG PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS

Jayadevappa R, Chhatre S, Malkowicz B
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

UT2: COMPARISON OF HEALTH STATE UTILITY ESTIMATES IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

Slejko JF1, Ghushchyan VH1, Sullivan PW2
1University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA, 2Regis University School of Pharmacy, Denver, CO, USA

 

UT3: RELIABILITY OF HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX (HUI) SCORES: PATIENT AND PARENT INTER-RATER AGREEMENT ACROSS TWO CLINICAL TRIALS OF TREATMENT FOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) IN CHILDHOOD

Horsman JR1, Rae CS2, Furlong W1, Silverman LB3, Sallan SE3, Athale U2, Barr RD2
1Health Utilities Inc., Dundas, ON, Canada, 2McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 3Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

 

UT4: EVALUATING WILLINGNESS TO PAY THRESHOLDS FOR A DEMENTIA CAREGIVING INTERVENTION

Jutkowitz E, Gitlin L, Pizzi LT
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

10:45AM-11:00AM
BREAK, EXHIBITS & RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS VIEWING – SESSION II
11:00AM-12:45PM
WELCOME & SECOND PLENARY SESSION

INCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Scott D. Ramsey MD, PhDScott D. Ramsey MD, PhD
Full Member and Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA

IS HEALTH OUTCOMES RESEARCH VALUABLE TO REAL DECISION MAKERS: A CANDID DISCUSSION WITH MEDICAL AND PHARMACY DIRECTORS
Despite its tremendous growth over the past 20 years, our field has not achieved the expected impact on health technology decisions in the United States and elsewhere. A panel of medical and pharmacy directors will be asked to provide their perspective on the value of health outcomes research, including where and how research findings are being used to make coverage decisions. Panelists will also provide recommendations on the use of health outcomes research in real decisions.

11:15 – 11:20 AM   Moderator: J. Jaime Caro MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, Senior Vice President of Health Economics, United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
     
11:20 – 11:30 AM   Speaker: Albert J. Rizzoli MD, Medical Director, Presbyterian Health Plan, Albuquerque, NM, USA
     
11:30 – 11:40 AM   Speaker: Kenneth L. Schaecher MD, Medical Director, SelectHealth, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
     
11:40 – 11:50 AM   Speaker: John Watkins RPh, MPH, BCPS, Pharmacy Manager, Formulary Development, Premera Blue Cross and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
     
11:50 – 12:00 PM   Speaker: Harold “Hank” H. Gardner MD, Founder, HCMS Group, Cheyenne, WY, USA
     
12:00 – 12:45 PM   DISCUSSION
12:45PM-1:15PM
ISPOR AWARDS PRESENTATION
1:15PM-2:45PM
LUNCH, EXHIBITS & RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS VIEWING – SESSION II
1:30PM-2:30PM
EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (Sponsored by UBC)
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS & STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE: THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE, POLICY, REGULATION AND BUSINESS Symposium Description »
2:45PM-3:45PM
ISSUE PANELS – SESSION II
 

Clinical Outcomes Research Issues

2:45PM-3:45PM
IP5: PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS – HOW BROAD IS TOO BROAD AND HOW EARLY IS TOO EARLY?
Moderator: C. Daniel Mullins PhD, Professor, Pharmacoeconomics, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA
Panelists: Winston Wong PharmD, Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Management, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Baltimore, MD, USA; Don P. Buesching PhD, US Outcomes Research Fellow, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Jonathan Ratner PhD, Senior Economist, Westat, Rockville, MD, USA
  Economic Outcomes Research Issues
2:45PM-3:45PM
IP6: DO END-OF-LIFE PRODUCTS DESERVE SPECIAL TREATMENT?: ISSUES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS?
Moderator: Donald Husereau MSc, Director, Project Development, Health Technology Assessment, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Panelists: Nicole Mittmann PhD, Executive Director, HOPE Research Centre and Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Marc L. Berger MD, Vice President, Global Health Outcomes, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Mark J. Sculpher PhD, Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Programme on Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment, Centre for Health Economics, The University of York, York, UK
  Health Policy Development Using Outcomes Research Issues
2:45PM-3:45PM
IP7: COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT: ADOPTING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY THAT COSTS LESS AND DOES LESS
Moderator: Greg de Lissovoy PhD, MPH, Senior Research Scientist and Vice President, Health Technology, Center for Health Economics, Epidemiology and Science Policy, United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA
Panelists: Peter J. Neumann ScD, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine and Director, The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, The Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; John F.P. Bridges PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; David W. Lee PhD, Senior Director, Health Economics - Americas, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA
2:45PM-3:45PM
IP8: FINDING COMMON REQUIREMENTS AND ENDPOINTS FOR LICENSING AND REIMBURSEMENT AGENCIES
Moderator: Guido Rasi MD, Director General, Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), Rome, Italy
Panelists: Hans-Georg Eichler, Senior Scientific Advisor, European Medicines Agency, London, United Kingdom; David Grainger MD, Global Public Policy Director, Lilly Corporate Center, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Finn Børlum Kristensen MD, PhD, Director of Secretariat and Executive Committee Chair, EUnetHTA, Copenhagen, Denmark
3:45PM-4:00PM
BREAK, EXHIBITS & RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS VIEWING – SESSION II
4:00PM-5:00PM
WORKSHOPS – SESSION III
 

Clinical Outcomes Research Issues

4:00PM-5:00PM
W15: SELECTING COMPARATORS AND OUTCOMES FOR COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES IN ONCOLOGY
Discussion Leaders: C. Daniel Mullins PhD, Professor, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA; Russell W. Montgomery MHS, Project Manager, Center for Medical Technology Policy, Baltimore, MD, USA
  Economic Outcomes Research
4:00PM-5:00PM
W16: IDENTIFYING AND PROJECTING PRODUCT VALUE THROUGH EARLY-PHASE CLINICAL-ECONOMIC MODELING
Discussion Leaders: Ipek Özer-Stillman MS, Director, Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc., Lexington, MA, USA; Jeffrey D. Miller MS, Senior Director, Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc., Lexington, MA, USA; Bjorn Bolinder MBA, Head, Primary Care, Global Health Outcomes, Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, USA; Mason W. Russell MAPE, Vice President, Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc., Lexington, MA, USA
4:00PM-5:00PM
W17: STRUCTURAL EQUATION TECHNIQUES IN COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH: ESTIMATION OF TREATMENT EFFECT USING OBSERVATIONAL DATA
Discussion Leaders: William Crown PhD, President, i3 Innovus, Waltham, MA, USA; Xin Ye PhD, MS, Associate Director, Health Economics & Reimbursement, Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Somerville, NJ, USA; Henry J. Henk PhD, Director, HEOR, i3 Innovus, Eden Prairie, MN, USA
  Health Care Policy Development Using Outcomes Research
4:00PM-5:00PM
W18: ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
Discussion Leaders: Jean Slutsky PA, MSPH, Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA; Newell Mcelwee PharmD, Executive Director, US Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., Inc., North Wales, PA, USA; Eric Wall MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, Qualis Health, Seattle, WA, USA; Jennifer Bright MPA, Executive Director, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Alexandria, VA, USA
  Patient-Reported Outcomes/PREFERENCE-BASED Research
4:00PM-5:00PM
W19: STRATEGIES AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING THE USE OF OUTCOMES REPORTED BY PATIENTS ALONG THE HEALTH CARE DECISION MAKING CONTINUUM—FROM REGULATORS, TO HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSORS, TO PAYERS
Discussion Leaders: Asha Harreendran PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Health Care Analytics, United BioSource Corporation, London, UK; William Lenderking PhD, Senior Research Leader, Health Care Analytics, United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA; Lou Garrison PhD, Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Program, Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  USE OF REAL WORLD DATA
4:00PM-5:00PM
W20: DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR CONDUCTING OBSERVATIONAL DATABASE RESEARCH ACROSS A NETWORK OF REAL-WORLD DATA SOURCES
Discussion Leaders: Marc Overhage MD, PhD, Director, Medical Informatics and Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA; Abraham G. Hartzema MSPH, PhD, FISPE, Professor and Eminent Scholar Perry A Foote Chair in Health Outcomes Research & Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics College of Public Health and Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Vinit Nair MS, RPh, Director, Miami-Humana Health Services Research, Miami-Humana Health Services Research Center, Humana Inc, Miami, FL, USA; Greg Hess MD, MBA, MSc, Vice President for Health Economics / Outcomes Research & Chief Medical Officer, SDI Health, Plymouth Meeting , PA, USA
4:00PM-5:00PM
W21: PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES: AVOIDING DESIGN PITFALLS USING PROCESS MAPS, DECISION-TREE METHODS, AND ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
Discussion Leaders: Kelly Hollis MBA, Senior Director Survey Research, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; Margaret Mordin MS, Senior Director Regulatory and Health Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Pete Bechtel, President and CEO, eCast Corporation, Raleigh, NC, USA; Lori McLeod PhD, Head, Psychometrics, Patient-Reported Outcomes, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
5:15PM-6:15PM
WORKSHOPS – SESSION IV
 

Clinical Outcomes Research Issues

5:15PM-6:15PM
W22: PUBMED®/MEDLINE®/NLM: THE NEW AND IMPROVED LITERATURE SEARCH
Discussion Leaders: Kristine Ogden, Research Manager, Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Lifecycle Sciences Group, ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA, USA; Kimberly Miller PhD, Associate Director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Lifecycle Sciences Group, ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA, USA; Alison Aldrich MSI, MPH, NN/LM PNR Technology Outreach Coordinator, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Ione Auston MLS, Librarian, National Information Center on Health Services Research (NICHSR), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Bethesda, MD, USA
  Economic Outcomes Research
5:15PM-6:15PM
W23: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES: FROM GUIDELINES TO PRACTICE
Discussion Leaders: Rahul Jain PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, Athens, GA, USA; Eberechukwu Onukwugha PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA; Michael J. Grabner PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA
5:15PM-6:15PM
W24: WHEN THERE IS NO HEAD-TO-HEAD TRIAL: USING A PARTS APPROACH
Discussion Leaders: Zeba Khan PhD, Vice President, Pricing and Market Access, Celgene, Summit, NJ, USA; J. Jaime Caro MD, Senior Vice President of Health Economics, United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
  Health Care Policy Development Using Outcomes Research
5:15PM-6:15PM
W25: MAKING A CASE FOR VALUE: DIFFERENCES IN DOSSIER DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE COMMUNICATION FOR PHARMACEUTICALS VERSUS DIAGNOSTICS AND MEDICAL DEVICES
Discussion Leaders: Eric Faulkner MPH, Senior Director, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; Shahnaz Khan MPH, Senior Director, RHOS, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; John Watkins RPh, MPH, BCPS, Pharmacy Manager, Formulary Development, Premera Blue Cross, Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA
5:15PM-6:15PM
W26: MARKET ACCESS IN THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT: HOW FAR WILL THE STANDARD HEALTH ECONOMIC TOOLKIT CARRY YOU?
Discussion Leaders: Joanna Campbell PhD, Senior Project Manager, Health Economics & Outcomes, i3Innovus, Medford, MA, USA; Gabriella Tannus Branco de Araújo MBA, Health Economics Director, AxiaBio Consulting, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ximena Burbano MD, International Research Director, Zilonis, Boca Raton, FL, USA; David Thompson PhD, Vice President, Global Health Economics, i3 Innovus, Medford, MA, USA
  Patient-Reported Outcomes/PREFERENCE-BASED Research
  W27: USING A CATALOGUE OF EQ-5D SCORES TO MODEL QALYS FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES
Discussion Leaders: Patrick Sullivan PhD, MA, Associate Professor, Regis University, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Denver, CO, USA; Mark J. Sculpher PhD, Health Economics and Director of the Programme on Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment, Centre for Health Economics, The University of York, York, UK; Julia F. Slejko, PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA; Vahram H. Ghushchyan PhD, Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
  USE OF REAL WORLD DATA
5:15PM-6:15PM
W28: REGISTRIES AND EVIDENCE DEVELOPMENT
Discussion Leaders: Richard Gliklich MD, President and CEO, Outcome, Cambridge, MA, USA; Jean Slutsky PA, MSPH, Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
6:15PM-7:15PM
POSTER AUTHOR DISCUSSION HOUR – SESSION II
6:15PM-8:00PM
EXHIBITORS’ WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION & RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS VIEWING – SESSION II
8:00PM-9:00PM
PRE-SOCIAL EVENT DINNER (Separate registration required)
9:00PM-11:00PM
ISPOR SOCIAL EVENT: ISPOR 15th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION PARTY (Free to all meeting attendees) Featuring music by the ISPOR Band – the Monte Carlos & dancing
 
 



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