Online Program

Search by Last Name:
Abstract Keyword:

Wed, Oct 9
Assorted Methods Track: Interpreting Change and Responder Analysis for Patient-reported Outcomes (WK 7)		Wed, Oct 9, 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Organizer(s): Joseph Cappelleri, Pfizer


	Interpreting Change and Responder Analysis for Patient-reported Outcomes Joseph Cappelleri, Pfizer; Lisa A Kammerman, U.S. Food and Drug Administration


Observational Studies Track: Sensitivity Analysis for Observational Data: Method and Computation (WK 1)		Wed, Oct 9, 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Organizer(s): Bo Lu, Ohio State University


	Sensitivity Analysis for Observational Data: Method and Computation Bo Lu, Ohio State University


Longitudinal Data Track - Hierarchial Models: Hierarchical Models and Computing for Joint Longitudinal-Survival and other Multiple Component or Endpoint Data (WK 5)		Wed, Oct 9, 8:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Organizer(s): Bradley P. Carlin, University of Minnesota; Laura Hatfield, Harvard


	Hierarchical Models and Computing for Joint Longitudinal-Survival and other Multiple Component or Endpoint Data Bradley P. Carlin, University of Minnesota; Laura Hatfield, Harvard


Assorted Methods Track: Statistical Analysis of Zero-Inflated Continuous Data (WK 8)		Wed, Oct 9, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Organizer(s): Lei Liu, Northwestern University


	Statistical Analysis of Zero-Inflated Continuous Data Lei Liu, Northwestern University


Observational Studies Track: Designing an Observational Study with the Propensity Score (WK 2)		Wed, Oct 9, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Organizer(s): Thomas Love, Case Western Reserve University


	Designing an Observational Study with the Propensity Score Thomas Ezra Love, Case Western Reserve University


Assorted Methods Track: Comparative Effectiveness Research (WK 9)		Wed, Oct 9, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Organizer(s): Bo Lu, Ohio State University


	Comparative Effectiveness Research Constantine Gatsonis, Brown University; Sharon Lise Normand, Harvard University


Observational Studies Track: Causal Inferences in Health Services Research (WK 3)		Wed, Oct 9, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Organizer(s): Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington


	Causal Inferences in Health Services Research Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington


Longitudinal Data Track - Hierarchial Models: Missing Data in Longitudinal Clinical Trials (WK 6)		Wed, Oct 9, 1:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Organizer(s): Edward Vonesh, Northwestern University


	Missing Data in Longitudinal Clinical Trials Edward Vonesh, Northwestern University


Assorted Methods Track: Mixed Models for Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data (WK 10)		Wed, Oct 9, 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Organizer(s): Donald Hedeker, University of Illinois at Chicago


	Mixed Models for Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data Donald Hedeker, University of Illinois at Chicago


Observational Studies Track: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS): A National Data Resource to Inform Health Policy (WK 4)		Wed, Oct 9, 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Organizer(s): Jeffrey Rhoades, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality


	The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS): A National Data Resource to Inform Health Policy Jeffrey Rhoades, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality


Interactive Poster Session I & Welcome Reception		Wed, Oct 9, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM




	Variance Estimation of the NPMLE of the Mean with Current Status Data Zhen Han, University of Illinois at Chicago
	Empirical and Smoothed Bayes Factor Type Inferences Based on Empirical Likelihoods for Quantiles Ge Tao, State University of New York at Buffalo
	Assessing the Causal Effect of Treatment in the Presence of Self-Selection of Dosage Xin Gao, FDA
	Constructing dynamic treatment regimes using Greedy-GQ algorithm Ashkan Ertefaie, Postdoc fellow
	Bayesian Nonparametric Rating Scale Model for Health Outcomes Measurement Ken Akira Fujimoto, University of Illinois-Chicago
	Assessing the Impact of Education and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors on Cognitive Trajectories in Older Adults Shelley Han Liu, Harvard School of Public Health
	Internal Benchmarks and Healthcare Services Satisfaction Reporting: A Case for the Fair Scorecard Alan Roshwalb, Ipsos Public Affairs
	Gender Differential in Active Life Expectancy in Nepal: Does Education Matter? Tirth Bhatta, Case Western Reserve University
	Cost Effectiveness Methods in Oncology: Bootstrapping a Risk Adjusted, Censored ICER Gerhardt Michael Pohl, Eli Lilly and Company
	Principal Surrogacy in a Time-to-Event Setting Michael Elliott, University of Michigan
	A Semiparametric Analysis of Health Care Utilization in Patients with Heart Failure Zhuokai Li, Indiana University School of Medicine
	Impact of Tuberculosis _ mortality rates on South African’s life expectancy Kgomotso Valencia Dinoko, Statistics SA
	Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and ... Hailemichael Metiku Worku, Leiden University
	Latent Supervised Learning for Survival Data Susan Wei, UNC Chapel Hill
	Projecting Benefits and Harms of Novel Cancer Screening Biomarkers: A Study of PCA3 and Prostate Cancer Jeanette K Birnbaum, University of Washington
	Modeling Multiple Wave Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) data with a Mixed-Effects Location Scale Model. Chi C Cho, Aurora Research Institute
	The Crossover of p-Values into the Results of Placebos Ben Locwin, Lonza Biopharmaceuticals
	Modeling the Determinants of Prescription Drugs Consumption in High v/s Low US Spending Counties Demba Fofana, The University of Memphis
	An Approach to Handling Multiple Experts in Multiple Imputation Valerie Pare, University of Connecticut
	Finding the smoking gun: Could suspension high school increase smoking 12 years later? Janet E Rosenbaum, SUNY Downstate
	Handling Data with Three Types of Missing Values Jennifer Boyko, University of Connecticut
	Health care professionals’ knowledge and recommendations about SIDS and its risk factors: who are the best at giving advices to parents and what’s the effect of the training campaigns? Federico de Luca, University of Southampton
	A Comparison of Statistical Models for Analyzing Episodes-of-Care Costs for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations John Paul Kuwornu, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
	English-Spanish language equivalence on a new health literacy measure: implementation of novel psychometric methods Michael A Kallen, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
	Using Latent Class Analysis to Explore Social Behaviors Among Children with Developmental Disabilities Benjamin Zablotsky, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
	Performance of Methods to Assess Heterogeneity in Treatment Effect Diane Richardson, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
	Confidence Interval Estimators of the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient in Longitudinal Data with Missingness Delia Codruta Voronca, Public Health Sciences
	Estimating Hospital Effects on Long-term Count Outcomes in the Presence of Hospital Effects on Short-Term Survival: A Simulation-based Evaluation of Multilevel Poisson Sample Selection Models Kyle M. Kepreos, VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor VA Health Services Research and Development
	Genome-wide association studies for predicting hypertension: Comparing Support Vector Machines and Permanental Classification Hsin-Hsiung Huang, Mr.
	Model Selection with Incomplete Data Using Adjusted Variance Ashok Chaurasia, University of Connecticut
	The Effects of a Trauma Center Closure on Health Care Outcomes and Costs: An Instrumental Variable Based Approach Joseph Benitez, University of Illinois at Chicago


Thu, Oct 10
Interactive Poster Session II		Thu, Oct 10, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM




	HIV-Related Sexual Behaviors among Migrants and Non-migrants in Rural Ethiopia: Role of Rural to Urban Migration in HIV Transmission MELESSE TAMIRU SEMEGNE, Gondar University
	Classification based on a permanental process with application to microarray analysis Jie Yang, University of Illinois at Chicago
	Adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer and a natural experiment Rodney Allen Sparapani, Medical College of Wisconsin
	A Location Scale Item Response Theory (IRT) Model for Ordinal Questionnaire Data Donald Hedeker, University of Illinois at Chicago
	The reporting of HIV/AIDS deaths in South Africa Gomolemo Teo, Statistics South Africa
	Effect of a Diagnostic Imaging Pay-for-Performance Initiative on Imaging Costs: a Longitudinal Analysis Hui Cao, MS, Bio-Statistician
	Differential Equation Modeling Approach for Dynamic Regulatory Network Tao Lu, University at Albany
	Bayesian Network Analysis: HIV Risk in Southern Indian Community Daniel Philip Heard, Duke University
	Exploratory data analysis of racial/ethnic disparities in county hospitalization rates for New York State from 2007 to 2009 Nathan T. Donnelly, University at Albany, School of Public Health
	An empirical approach in decomposing attributing factors to co-occurring use of marijuana and other forms of illicit drug Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
	Trends Over Time in Glucose Control for Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Good or Poor Initial Hba1c Levels: A Multilevel Growth Model Upali W Jayasinghe, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity
	Self-Centering Time Series Data: Single-Pass And Iterative Methods Jeffrey D Dawson, University of Iowa College of Public Health
	Evaluating the Heterogeneous Health Effects of Health Insurance Coverage With Geographical Variation: An Example from China’s Rural Insurance Scheme Katherine Donato, Harvard University
	Within cluster resampling method on clustered ROC data Zhuang Miao, George Mason University
	Identifying multiple regulation Denis Agniel, Harvard University
	Applying a Logistic Regression Model to Predict the Accuracy of Administrative Healthcare Claims in Identifying Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Zongqiang Liao, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
	Covariate adjusted distributions of random curves Meng Li, North Carolina State University
	Integrating rich survey datasets in computational simulations of hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in Chicago area Alexander Gutfraind, University of Illinois at Chicago
	Real Time Classification of Viruses in 12 Dimensions Hui Zheng, MS.
	The Relationship Between Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity: Results from a Randomized Lifestyle Intervention Peter John D. De Chavez, Northwestern University
	Variation in quality by hospital characteristics and the implications for risk-adjustment Dmitriy Poznyak, Mathematica Policy Research
	Overview of Estimators in Survival Analysis for Recurrent Event Data: An Application to Morbidity Outcomes in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury Lauren Bailey, Edward J. Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL; University of Illinois at Chicago
	Health Care Reform and the Stock Market: Economic Impact, Growth Opportunity and Private Sector Investors Nathan Dong, Columbia University
	The R-Symmetric CoGaussian Distribution, its Extensions and Generalizations: Estimation of Modal Incubation Periods of Acute Viral Infections Saria Salah Awadalla, University of Illinois at Chicago
	Multivariate Analysis of EEG data using Fractal Dimension Md Rokonuzzaman, Student
	Using propensity scores with multiple categories to assess the effects of HIV-serostatus and post-traumatic stress on cognition Leah H Rubin, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
	A Review and Meta-analysis of 14 Studies Reporting Reactive Arthritis from Non-typhoidal Salmonella Infections Zhouyang Weng, University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health
	Estimation of stationary parameters using dynamic sample weights Duncan Ermini Leaf, University of Southern California Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
	The relationship between smoking status and monthly medical expenditure in a Japanese population; a gamma regression approach Yoshitaka Murakami, Shiga University of Medical Science
	Multidimensional indices Nonlinear Signed-Rank regression Brice Merlin Nguelifack, Auburn University
	Empowering Asthma Patients by Improving Their Self Efficacy: Identifying Potential Drivers of Self Efficacy Tasneem Zaihra, McGill University
	Involving MS Students in Consulting and Research: Novel Use of Statistical Software in Industrial and Biomedical Statistics Timothy O’Brien, Loyola University Chicago


Welcome and Keynote Address		Thu, Oct 10, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM


Chair(s): Donald Hedeker, University of Illinois at Chicago; Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington



Session 11 Invited Comparative effectiveness research combining diverse data: advances in methods and infrastructure		Thu, Oct 10, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Organizer(s): Bradley P. Carlin, University of Minnesota


10:35 AM	Multivariate techniques for combining information Christopher Schmid, Brown University
11:00 AM	Combining observational and randomized trial data to examine utilization and effectiveness of medical devices Laura Hatfield, Harvard
11:25 AM	Combination of survival curves from orthopedic registries Samprit Banerjee, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
11:50 AM	Comparative effectiveness research combining diverse data: advances in methods and infrastructure Erin C Holve, AcademyHealth


Session 12 Invited Methodological Challenges and Solutions in Health Policy Research in China		Thu, Oct 10, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Organizer(s): Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington


10:35 AM	The effectiveness evaluation of methadone maintenance treatment in China: A brief introduction Li Ling, Sun Yat-sen University
11:00 AM	Gaining from Hospital Competition: Evidence from China Jie Pan, Sichuan University
11:25 AM	Research in Human Resources for Health in China: An application of Discrete Choice Experiment Xiaoyun Liu, Peking University
Discussant(s): Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington

Session 13 Topic-Contributed Papers Casual Inference: Methods and Practices		Thu, Oct 10, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Organizer(s): Lei Liu, Northwestern University


10:35 AM	Shock-Based Causal Inference Bernard Black, Northwestern University
10:55 AM	Dynamic Prediction and Causal Inference Xuelin Huang, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:15 AM	Selective and future ignorability in causal inference Marshall Joffe, University of Pennsylvania
11:35 AM	The assessment of interaction effects via tree-based methods Joseph Kang, Northwestern University
11:55 AM	Diffusion of Robotic Surgical Systems and Its Impact on Treatment Pattern of Localized Prostate Cancer: An Instrumental Variable Analysis Chan Shen, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center


Session 14 Contributed Papers Random Effect Models in Longitudinal Data and Survival Data		Thu, Oct 10, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM




10:35 AM	Simultaneous Variable Selection in Joint Models with Longitudinal and Survival Outcomes Zangdong He, Department of Biostatistics, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University
10:50 AM	Modeling the covariance structure of random coefficients to characterize quality variation in health plans Alan Zaslavsky, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
11:05 AM	Analysis of multivariate longitudinal health outcomes via generalized linear Mixed models Mulugeta Gebregziabher, MUSC
11:20 AM	Longitudinal Zero-inflated Count Data with Random Effects to Model Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) Ping Yao, Northern Illinois University
11:35 AM	Multivariate Frailty Model for Recurrent-Event Data with Multiple Types Khaled F Bedair, PhD student, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech
11:50 AM	A Bivariate Mixed-Effects Location-Scale Model with application to Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) data Oksana Pugach, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:05 PM	Floor Discussion


Session 15 Invited Innovative designs for evaluating impacts of health system changes on mental health treatment and care		Thu, Oct 10, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Organizer(s): Frank Yoon, Mathematica Policy Research


1:35 PM	Using orthogonal designs to study care coordination delivery to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness Jelena Zurovac, Mathematica Policy Research
2:00 PM	Using propensity scores and difference-in-differences methods to estimate the effects of mental health parity Elizabeth Stuart, Johns Hopkins University
2:25 PM	Structuring design and analysis on patients, facilities, and systems of care in an evaluation of the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Services Demonstration Frank Yoon, Mathematica Policy Research
Discussant(s): Arlene Ash, University of Massachusetts Med School

Session 16 Invited Statistical Challenges in Comparative Effectiveness Research		Thu, Oct 10, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Organizer(s): Colin Wu, NHLBI


1:35 PM	Person-centered treatment (PeT) effects using instrumental variables: An application to evaluating antipsychotic drugs Anirban Basu, University of Washington
2:00 PM	Observational studies analyzed like randomized trials, and vice versa Miguel Hernan, Harvard University
2:25 PM	Learning What Works: Uncertainty and Selective Inference Sharon Lise Normand, Harvard University
Discussant(s): Nancy Geller, NHLBI

Session 17 Contributed Papers Casual Analysis / Intent to Treat Analysis		Thu, Oct 10, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM




1:35 PM	Old and New Instrumental Variables Models for Causal Inference: A Biostatistician's Futile Redevelopment? Paul Rathouz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:50 PM	Hypothetical Intervention for Health Related Quality of Life in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis during the First Year of Disease Bin Huang, Cincinnat Children's Hospital Med Ctr
2:05 PM	Examining statistical disclosure possibilities of an empirical ROC graph in the presence of auxilliary data Gregory J Matthews, University of Massachusetts
2:20 PM	Mediation Analysis with Time Failure Outcome and Error Prone Mediator Cheng Zheng, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington
2:35 PM	Surrogacy Assessment Using Principal Stratification When Surrogate and Outcome Measures are Multivariate Normal Anna Sadie Chernin Conlon, University of Michigan
2:50 PM	Multi-Year Impacts of Offering a “Consumer-Directed” Health Plan: An Intent-to-Treat Design with Varying Take-Up Levels at the Treatment-Cluster Level Amelia M. Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University
3:05 PM	Floor Discussion


Session 18 Contributed Papers Missing Data		Thu, Oct 10, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM




1:35 PM	A Bayesian hierarchical model for network meta-analysis with selection bias Jing P. Zhang, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
1:50 PM	Multiple Imputation for Measurement Error Correction in Administrative Health Databases: Effect of the Misclassification Mechanism Lisa Lix, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
2:05 PM	A semi-parametric approach to impute mixed continuous and categorical data Irene B Helenowski, Northwestern University
2:20 PM	Gaussian-based routines for imputing categorical variables in complex designs Recai M Yucel, State University of New York at Albany
2:35 PM	Sequential Probability Ratio Test Subject to Incomplete Data with Covariate Information Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut
2:50 PM	Using Interviewer Random Effects to Calculate Unbiased HIV Prevalence Estimates in the Presence of Non-Response: a Bayesian Approach Mark E. McGovern, Harvard University
3:05 PM	Floor Discussion


Session 19 Invited Personalized Medicine and Dynamic Treatment Regimes		Thu, Oct 10, 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Organizer(s): Xuelin Huang, MD Anderson Cancer Center


3:35 PM	Identifying Target Subgroup with CART for Pharmacogenetic Approach of Reducing Heavy Alcohol Drinking Lei Liu, Northwestern University
4:00 PM	Machine Learning Methods for Individualizing Real-Time Treatment Policies Susan A Murphy, University of Michigan
4:25 PM	Personalized medicine and artificial intelligence Michael Rene Kosorok, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:50 PM	Optimal Bayesian Dose-Finding in Two Treatment Cycles based on the Joint Utility of Efficacy and Toxicity Peter F. Thall, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center


Session 20 Invited Statistical Methods for Data Synthesis		Thu, Oct 10, 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Organizer(s): Juned Siddique, Northwestern University


3:35 PM	Item Response Theory Approaches for Research Synthesis Robert D Gibbons, University of Chicago
4:00 PM	A Multiple Imputation approach for combining data across multiple trials that use different outcome measures. Juned Siddique, Northwestern University
4:25 PM	Empirical Limits in Synthesizing Findings from Individual Data Across Similar and Diverse Randomized Trials C Hendricks Brown, University of Miami
Discussant(s): Elizabeth Stuart, Johns Hopkins University

Session 21 Topic-Contributed Papers Technology Assessment for Informed Medical Decision-Making: In Memory of Professor Charles E. Metz		Thu, Oct 10, 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Organizer(s): Kelly Zou, Pfizer
Chair(s): Maryellen Giger, University of Chicago

3:35 PM	Estimating Sensitivity and Specificity for Technology Assessment in Observer Agreement Studies Robert M Nishikawa, University of Chicago
3:55 PM	Adjustment for Verification Bias in Estimation of the area under ROC curve adjusting for Covariates Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington
4:15 PM	Estimating an ROC Curve: Models, Assumptions, and Interpretation Alicia Y Toledano, Biostatistics Consulting, LLC
4:35 PM	A Simplifying Reformulation of the Likelihood-Ratio Binormal Distribution Stephen L Hillis, University of Iowa
4:55 PM	Bayesian multivariate hierarchical transformation models for ROC analysis James O'Malley, Dartmouth College


Session 22 Contributed Papers Casual Inferences in Comparative Effectiveness with Propensity Score and Instrumental Variables		Thu, Oct 10, 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM


Chair(s): Lihui Zhao, Northwestern University

3:35 PM	Estimating causal effects in an observational study with a survival time endpoint: comparing reformulated versus original antidepressants Jaeun Choi, Harvard Medical School
3:50 PM	Incorporating external information to assess robustness of comparative effectiveness estimates to unobserved confounding Alfa Ibrahim Yansane, Harvard Health Care Policy Statistics Section
4:05 PM	The Invalidity of the Most Common Instrumental Variable Analyses in Comparative Effectiveness Research Laura Faden Garabedian, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
4:20 PM	Propensity Score Methods in Comparaive Effectiveness Study of Multiple Treatments Bassam Dahman, Virginia Commonwealth University
4:35 PM	Instrumental Variable Methods for the Comparative Safety of Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medications Portia Yvonne Cornell, Harvard University
4:50 PM	Uncertainty in Propensity Score Estimation: Bayesian Methods for Variable Selection and Model Averaged Causal Effects Corwin M Zigler, Harvard School of Public Health
5:05 PM	Floor Discussion


Fri, Oct 11
HPSS Awards and Plenary Speaker		Fri, Oct 11, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM


Chair(s): Donald Hedeker, University of Illinois at Chicago; Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington



Session 23 Invited Propensity Score Methods for Estimating the Effects of Latent Treatments, with Applications to Mental Health Research		Fri, Oct 11, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Organizer(s): Elizabeth Stuart, Johns Hopkins University


10:20 AM	Estimating Causal Effects of Latent Treatment Classes: Natural clusters of drug treatment services for adolescents Megan Schuler, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10:45 AM	Estimating the Causal Effect of a Latent Class Treatment on Binary and Count Outcomes Donna L Coffman, The Methodology Center, Penn State
11:10 AM	The Causal Effect of Substance Use Latent Class Membership on a Distal Outcome Bethany C Bray, The Methodology Center, Penn State
Discussant(s): Juned Siddique, Northwestern University

Session 24 Invited Comparative Effectiveness Research: Using Evidence to Engage and Impact		Fri, Oct 11, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Organizer(s): Kelly Zou, Pfizer


10:20 AM	Evidentiary Challenges in Comparative Effectiveness Research Sally C. Morton, Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
10:45 AM	Statistical methods for benefit risk assessment Bo Yang, Abbvie
11:10 AM	Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis for Health Technology Assessment and Evaluation for Investigative Treatment Wei Shen, Eli Lilly and Company
11:35 AM	Health Insurer Use of Comparative Effectiveness Research for Innovation in Health Care Re-Design Daryl Wansink, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina


Session 25 Contributed Papers Survey / Claims / Patient Reported Outcomes		Fri, Oct 11, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM




10:20 AM	Classification accuracy of provider profiling methods based on Medicare claims Rebecca A Hubbard, Group Health Research Institute
10:35 AM	Benchmarking Healthcare Provider Performance: Some Statistical Considerations Susan Paddock, RAND Corporation
10:50 AM	Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice and Research Laura Lee Johnson, NIH
11:05 AM	An Assessment of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Sampling and Estimation Procedures through Benchmarking with the National Health Interview Survey Sadeq R Chowdhury, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
11:20 AM	A Randomized Experiment Comparing Patient Survey Scores in Telephone and Mail Modes When Vendors Are Paid by the Hospitals Being Evaluated or a Third-Party Survey Vendor Marc N. Elliott, RAND
11:35 AM	Hypothesis Testing for Personalizing Treatment Huitian Lei, University of Michigan
11:50 AM	Floor Discussion


Session 26 Contributed Papers Longitudinal Data		Fri, Oct 11, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM




10:20 AM	Modeling Conditional Quantile Tumor Growth Curves By Combining Independent Small Sample Study Data Ella Revzin, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
10:35 AM	Complex longitudinal model applied in Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data Xue Li, Hines Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Hospital
10:50 AM	A Flexible Model for the Mean and Variance Functions with Application to Longitudinal/Clustered Medical Cost Data Jinsong Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:05 AM	Local Box-Cox Transformation in time varying coefficient models with longitudinal data Mohammed Rahim Uddin Chowdhury, The George Washington University
11:20 AM	Latent Trait Shared Parameter Mixed-Models For Ecological Momentary Assessment Data John Cursio, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:35 AM	A Latent Growth Modeling Approach to Longitudinal Mediation Analysis of the Causal Path Between Multiple Sclerosis & Depression Douglas David Gunzler, Case Western Reserve University
11:50 AM	Floor Discussion


Special VA Workshop: Estimation of Re-Identification Risk in De-identified Health Care Data (WK 11)		Fri, Oct 11, 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Organizer(s): Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou, University of Washington

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration (VHA) and Office of Research and Development (ORD) are committed to promoting transparency by making de-identified health data available. One of the greatest concerns about releasing de-identified health data is the threat of re-identification of individual Veterans. Previously, it has been thought that HIPAA guideline de-identified patient data is not re-identifiable. It is now recognized that the dramatic increase in scope of electronic health data, the ability to merge de-identified health data with identified data obtained from various sources, and the availability of substantial computing power, poses a significant re-identification risk. Numerous statistical methods to assess re-identification risk have been proposed in the literature. The goal of this workshop is for invited speakers to provide guidance regarding the methods that have been used or could apply to protect health data that is already de-identified. The speakers should provide a description and/or references to techniques that have been applied in practice and are interpretable by the general community.

Important Dates & Deadlines

April 11, 2013
Abstract Submission Deadline
May 7, 2013
Online Registration Opens
June 5, 2013
Speaker Registration Deadline
September 8, 2013
Hotel Reservations Close
September 19, 2013
Cancellation Deadline and Registration Closes
October 9 - 11, 2013
ICHPS 2013