How these techniques are used in health care decision-making will be emphasized. These techniques will be initially presented in the context of Spearman's classical psychometric theory and expanded into a discussion of how each has evolved to contribute unique understanding of measure quality. This course is designed for those with experience in conducting pharmacoeconomic studies. A systematic literature review often includes meta-analysis and involves an explicit, detailed description of how a review was conducted. The material is motivated via applications in pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, and clinical studies from the published literature and hypothetical examples.
Interactive exercises are part of the course.
This course is designed for those with little experience with meta-analysis. Measurement issues including linking available data, role of assumptions and models, using job classification information, self-report vs. objective measurement will be examined. The issues and needs of the corporate benefit managers, FDA and other users of productivity measurements will be explored including examples of studies. This course is designed for those with little experience with productivity studies. By preparing and presenting case studies of fictitious drug products for a simulated submission to NICE, participants will have hands-on experience with the submission process.