Dear All,
The COst Models for Evaluating Technologies (COMET) project aims to
explore methods for the analysis of mean costs in clinical trials that
take into consideration the potential skewness and excess zeros in the
data. An added characteristic of experimental data (in contrast to
routine data sources) is that limited sample size is usually available
to inform the analyses. We are also interested in methods for adjusting
for covariates and subgroup analyses, and the scale of which these
effects are estimated.
We are in the process of performing a literature review to establish
the current methods for analysis of resource use and cost data. As a
part of our review we plan to contact those individuals that we know are
working in the field. To avoid missing any researchers active in this
field we would be grateful if anyone with a current research interest in
this area could contact us.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Borislava Mihaylova
on behalf of the COMET investigators: Prof. Simon Thompson (University
of Cambridge), Prof. Andrew Briggs (University of Glasgow), Prof.
Anthony O'Hagan (University of Sheffield), Dr. Lara Jamieson
(University of Cambridge), Borislava Mihaylova (University of Oxford).
For contact:
Borislava Mihaylova
Senior Researcher
Health Economics Research Centre
Department of Public Health
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus, Headington
Oxford OX3 7LF
United Kingdom
Tel +44 01865 226753
Fax +44 01865 226842
Email: [log in to unmask]
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