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This is the second announcement for: STATISTICS FOR HEALTH REGISTERS AND LINKED DATABASES A two-day conference organised by the Open University Statistics Group, with funding from the Wellcome Trust WEDNESDAY 20th and THURSDAY 21ST MAY 2009 at the OPEN UNIVERSITY, MILTON KEYNES This conference will focus on the statistical methods used to analyse health data from registers, linked databases and pre-existing electronic patient records of all kinds. The issues to be covered include probabilistic record linkage, confounder control, causal inference, inference from multiple data sources, false discovery, missing data, event history analysis, ethical issues, and a roundtable discussion focused on statistical and epidemiological issues arising in e-health. The conference will consist of invited talks plus the roundtable discussion, together with contributed poster presentations. Full details of the conference, including the list of speakers, titles and abstracts and draft timetable, and the registration form (which includes a section for poster submission), may be obtained from the conference website http://statistics.open.ac.uk/hrld. The conference fee is 75 pounds, to cover registration, lunch and refreshments on both days, together with a wine reception and evening meal on May 20th. Details of recommended accommodation are available from the conference website. If you require further details, please contact: [log in to unmask] . --------------------------------- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).