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Preliminary information about plenary speakers, concurrent sessions and poster presentations is now available on ourprogramme web site. Back to top^ Associated Journal Contents The European Journal of Health Economics Volume 13 Number 4 is now available on SpringerLink   Register for Springer's email services providing you with info on the latest books in your field. ... More! In this issue: Editorial Coping with uncertainty on health decisions: assessing new solutions Fernando Antoñanzas, Roberto Rodríguez-Ibeas & Carmelo A. Juárez-Castelló Commentary The cost-effectiveness of tiotropium for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): the importance of the comparator Mattias Neyt & Ann Van Den Bruel Original Paper Cost-effectiveness of adjunctive eptifibatide in patients undergoing coronary stenting in Germany Sarah Dewilde, Bernd Brüggenjürgen, Christoph Nienaber, Jochen Senges, Robert Welte & Stefan N. Willich Original Paper In with the new: the determinants of prescribing innovation by general practitioners in Ireland Jane Bourke & Stephen Roper Original Paper On the meaningfulness of testing preference axioms in stated preference discrete choice experiments Jens Leth Hougaard, Tue Tjur & Lars Peter Østerdal Original Paper Factors determining access to and use of primary health care services in the Girona Health Region (Spain) Carme Saurina, Laura Vall-llosera & Marc Saez Original Paper Relative cost effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention in selected patient subgroups with existing coronary heart disease Paddy Gillespie, Eamon O’Shea, Andrew W. Murphy, Susan M. Smith, Mary C. Byrne, Molly Byrne & Margaret E. Cupples Original Paper Cost–effectiveness of statins revisited: lessons learned about the value of innovation Peter Lindgren & Bengt Jönsson Original Paper The effect of health shocks on smoking and obesity Leonie Sundmacher Original Paper The trade-off between formal and informal care in Spain Sergi Jiménez-Martín & Cristina Vilaplana Prieto Original Paper The way that you do it? An elaborate test of procedural invariance of TTO, using a choice-based design Arthur E. Attema & Werner B.F. Brouwer      Original Paper A proposed model for economic evaluations of major depressive disorder Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, Jonathan Karnon & Jodi Gray Original Paper Cost of care for colorectal cancer in Ireland: a health care payer perspective L. Tilson, L. Sharp, C. Usher, C. Walsh, Whyte S, A. O’Ceilleachair, C. Stuart, B. Mehigan, M. John Kennedy, P. Tappenden, J. Chilcott, A. Staines, H. Comber & M. Barry Do you want to publish your article in this journal? 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Nichol Article first published online: 20 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/hec.2855 Back to top^ Featured Jobs Population Health Expert: QuadMed July 24, 2012 | Epidemiologist | Location: Sussex, Wisconsin, USA Global Health Economist / Health Economic Modeller: Roche August 11, 2012 | Health Economist | Location: Basel, Switzerland Health Economics Statistician: Roche August 11, 2012 | Statistician | Location: Basel, Switzerland Regional Strategic Pricing Lead Western Europe: Roche August 11, 2012 | Market Access | Location: France, Germany, UK, Italy or Spain Senior Global Epidemiology Manager: Roche August 11, 2012 | Epidemiologist | Location: Basel, Switzerland Back to top^ Jobs Research Officer or Research Fellow in Health Economics Methodology: Bangor University July 27, 2012 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Bangor, Wales, UK Assistant or Associate Professor in Health Economic Evaluation: NHESG August 12, 2012 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Aalborg, Denmark Health Economist: 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August 11, 2012 | Market Access | Location: Middlesex, UK Associate Director of Health Economics August 11, 2012 | Health Economist | Location: Surrey, West London, UK Associate Pricing Manager August 11, 2012 | Market Access | Location: Berkshire, UK Consulting Research Analyst or Senior: Portland August 11, 2012 | Research Analyst | Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Researcher: Brunel University Health Economics Research Group (HERG) July 24, 2012 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: London, UK Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow in International Health Economics or Related Discipline July 04, 2012 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Marketing Analyst: University of Massachusetts Medical School August 09, 2012 | Analyst | Location: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA Business Analyst, Health Plan Client Service: ikaSystems Corporation August 09, 2012 | Analyst | Location: Southborough, Massachusetts, USA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow July 31, 2012 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: London, Ontario, Canada Health Economics and Reimbursement Manager (Medical Devices and Diagnostics) August 09, 2012 | Market Access | Location: Workingham, Berkshire, UK Back to top^ Conferences The 9th World Congress on Health Economics: "Celebrating Health Economics" July 07, 2013 | Health Economics | Location: Sydney, Australia ECHE 2012 Progress in Health Economics July 18, 2012 | Health Economics | Location: Zurich, Switzerland Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research October 31, 2012 | Health Research | Location: Beijing, China An Introduction to Measuring Efficiency in Public Sector Organisations: analytical techniques and policy  October 16, 2012 | Workshop | Location: York, England, UK The 34Th Australian Conference of Health Economists September 27, 2012 | Health Economics | Location: Darwin, Australia 7th AIDS and Economics Pre-Conference July 20, 2012 | Health Economics | Location: Washington, D.C. 19th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI) July 09, 2012 | Workshop | Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Back to top^ Education Modeling Infectious Diseases and Health Economic Evaluation of Vaccines July 27, 2012 | Short Course | Location: Bruges (Belgium) PhD Studentship: King's College London August 12, 2012 | PhD | Location: London, UK Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics Practice/MSc Health Economics: University College Cork August 03, 2012 | Postgraduate/Non-Degree | Location: Cork, Ireland Health Economist Academy June 29, 2012 | Postgraduate/Non-Degree | Location: Boehringer-Ingelheim, UK MRC PhD Studentship: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School  June 30, 2012 | PhD | Location: Coventry, UK Discrete Choice Modeling: Short Course July 04, 2012 | Short Course | Location: Galway, Ireland Master program in Health Economics and Policy: Barcelona Graduate School Of Economics July 31, 2012 | Masters | Location: Barcelona, Spain Systematic Reviews for HTA and Pharmacoeconomics: Meeting the 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