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EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS FOR DECISION MODELLING
5th - 9th December 2005, Burwalls, Bristol, U.K.
This course is a 5-day course intended for:
(a) Anyone undertaking health technology assessments, including cost-effectiveness analyses,
(b) Statisticians, with or without experience in meta-analysis, who wish to learn about Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis particularly in the context of cost-effectiveness analysis.
The methods taught on the course are designed to be compatible with the recent guidance issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, requiring probabilistic methods in cost-effectiveness models. The course focuses particularly on Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis that can be integrated within a probabilistic modelling framework, and can be used to statistically combine evidence from a range of structures. The course is built around a series of examples using the WinBUGS statistical software.
Further details including online booking can be found at the course website
http://www.hsrc.ac.uk/EvidenceSynthesis2005/evsynth_main.htm and from the Course Administrator Sarah Garbutt (Email
[log in to unmask] or Tel +44 (0)117 928 7262) whilst a summary is pasted below.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
- Introduction to Bayesian methods and WinBUGS
- Bayesian Approaches to Meta-Analysis - fixed and random effects modelling·
- Heterogeneity, Meta-Regression and Adjusting for Baseline Risk·
- Model Critique and Evidence Consistency - in random effects meta-analysis·
- Bayesian Approaches to Evidence Synthesis for Decision Modelling
- Multi-Parameter Evidence Synthesis - in epidemiological models
- Mixed Treatment Comparisons· Markov Decision Models
- Markov Modelling & Meta-Analysis
- Chain of Evidence
- Multiple Outcomes·
- Observational & Randomised Evidence - Generalised Evidence Synthesis
- Further Issues in Evidence Synthesis - Publication Bias, Value of Information methods
COURSE ORGANISERS:
Prof Keith Abrams (Univ of Leicester), Prof Tony Ades (MRC HSRC, Bristol),
Dr Nicola Cooper (Univ of Leicester), Dr Alex Sutton (Univ of Leicester)
and Dr Nicky Welton (MRC HSRC, Bristol)
VENUE:
Burwalls - set in pleasant grounds right next to Clifton Suspension Bridge,
10 minutes walk from the centre of Clifton.
Further details on Burwalls can be found at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/burwalls/
COURSE FEES:
Course fees will cover workshop documentation, lunch, tea and coffee and the course dinner on Wed 7th Dec. You will need to book your own accommodation:
Student - £450
Academic - £650
Industry - £1300
You will need to book your own accommodation. A range of accommodation will be available to delegates. Information will follow on registration.
PRE-REQUISITES:
- Applicants should have a good working knowledge of: fixed and random effects meta-analysis, logistic regression, and statistical interaction.
- Experience with probabilistic decision analysis in cost effectiveness analysis would be an advantage, but is not necessary.
- Applicants are expected to have downloaded WinBUGS prior to the course, and to have worked through the on-line tutorial, and explored the on-line BLOCKER example (Help_Examples Vol I_Blocker).
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Keith R. Abrams
Professor of Medical Statistics
Centre for Biostatistics & Genetic Epidemiology
Department of Health Sciences
University of Leicester
22-28 Princess Road West
Leicester, LE1 6TP, U.K.
Tel +44 (0)116 252 3217
FAX +44 (0)116 252 3272
e-mail [log in to unmask]
http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/~keitha
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