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DTSTART:20090516T120000Z
DTEND:20090516T210000Z
LOCATION:Renaissance Orlando Resort - Coral Ballroom C
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DESCRIPTION:Retrospective Database Analysis\nFaculty: William H. Crown
  PhD\, President\, i3 Innovus\, Waltham\, MA\, USA\; Onur Baser MS\, PhD\,
  President\, STATinMED Research\, Director of Analytic Group\, M-SCORE\,
  and Assistant Professor of Surgery\, Department of Surgery\, University
  of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, \nMI\, USA\nCourse Description: Large
  administrative claims databases provide a unique opportunity to examine
  retrospectively the effects of drug use on clinical and economic outcomes
  in "real world" settings. This course will cover a discussion of the
  "ISPOR Checklist for Retrospective Database Studies - Report of the ISPOR
  Task Force on Retrospective Databases" - Report of the ISPOR Task Force
  on Retrospective Databases and selected topics related to estimators and
  sampling distributions\, properties of sampling distributions
  (unbiasedness\, efficiency\, mean square error)\, and ordinary least
  squares (OLS) regression. OLS model assumptions and the implications of
  violations (e.g.\, heteroscedasticity\, multicollinearity\,
  autocorrelation) will also be discussed. More complex topics beginning
  with the problem of endogeneity\, identification\, instrumental
  variables\, sample selection models\, and propensity score models\,
  maximum likelihood methods and the estimation of limited dependent
  variables models including logit\, multinomial logit\, count models\, and
  survival models will be discussed. This course will assume participants
  have knowledge of statistical methods through OLS regression and
  experience in the analysis of administrative claims databases.\n\n
SUMMARY:i3 at ISPOR  "Retrospective Database Analysis" (Short Course)
PRIORITY:5
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