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Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials - 22-24 June 2011
Venue: University of Glasgow

A 3-day computer-based course

This course is a collaboration between the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment Unit, Centre for Population & Health Sciences, University of Glasgow and researchers in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Overview:

The course is designed for individuals undertaking health economic evaluations in academia, consultancies and industry, as well as those involved in the design and analysis of clinical trials (statisticians and health service researchers).

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
* Design an economic evaluation in a clinical trial appropriate to a setting or intervention(s), including multinational RCTs
* Analyse cost and effect data using univariate and multivariate approaches
* Estimate cost effectiveness (and net benefit) and the uncertainty surrounding the estimate
* Consider issues of transferability

The course will start with designing a multinational trial and consider the issues of evaluating data from such a trial (what data to collect, how to value cost and effect, how to analyse the data, and estimate cost effectiveness) as building blocks over the three days.

Specific exercises will be conducted to illustrate the effect of distributional assumptions, univariate and multivariable approaches for the analysis of costs and QALYs, sample size and power calculations and their interpretation, reporting sampling uncertainty for the comparison of cost and effects.
Software and prerequisites

Participants are expected to be familiar with t-tests and ordinary least squares regression. Familiarity with sample size calculation for clinical outcomes will be helpful but not required.

The course will be 'hands-on', and participants are required to bring a laptop computer (and mouse). The course will use STATA and enrolled participants who do not have STATA will be provided with a temporary STATA licence. Participants unfamiliar with STATA should make arrangements to arrive by 9am on 22nd June 2011 when a short Introduction to STATA course will be provided.

The statistical modules will involve computer work on exercises which will be built up over the three days. In addition, participants will be given the opportunity to bring along their own evaluations for further development during the course.

FACULTY
* Andrew Briggs, DPhil, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Centre for Population & Health Sciences, University of Glasgow. Andrew Briggs was appointed to the Lindsay Chair in Health Policy and Economic Evaluation in June 2005. Andrew has an interest in all aspects of economic evaluation applied to health care, in particular the use of statistical methods for assessing cost and cost-effectiveness, and the use of risk/prognostic modelling for making treatment decisions and guiding policy.
* Dr Elisabeth Fenwick, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Centre for Population & Health Sciences, University of Glasgow. Liz has an MSc and PhD in Health Economics from the University of York and a M.Sc. in Operations Research from the University of Southampton. Her research interests centre around the application of decision analytic modelling to Health Technology Assessment, economic evaluation of health care technologies, probabilistic decision analytic modelling, Bayesian decision theory and value of information analysis.
* Henry Glick, PhD, Division of General Internal Medicine and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Henry has more than 20 years of experience in conducting economic assessments of medical therapies. He specializes in economic assessments conducted as part of clinical trials. In addition, he has extensive experience with decision analysis, preference assessment, analysis of observational data, and the evaluation of diagnostic tests.
* Jalpa Doshi, PhD, Division of General Internal Medicine and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Jalpa's research interests revolve around economic and outcomes assessments of medication use and adherence using observational as well as randomised trial data. She has extensive experience conducting evaluations using Medicare, Medicaid, VA and commercial insurance datasets.


* BOOKING
Please contact Anne Marie McLean, Centre for Population and Health Sciences, University of Glasgow on 0141 330 5518 or e-mail [log in to unmask] for more information.
* 2011 fees
* Public/academic £950
* Commercial sector £1,480
* Fees are fully inclusive of tuition, lunch, course dinner, and course materials but do not include accommodation. VAT is not payable.

Anne Marie McLean
Section Secretary
 
Tel: +44(141) 330 5518
Fax: +44(141) 330 5018
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Centre for Population and Health Sciences
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
University of Glasgow
 
Public Health
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Glasgow
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