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Virtual Workshop Series: How to Use Statistical Methods and Person-Level Data in Economic Evaluations

Event Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET

Audience: Of particular interest to health economists, HTA producers, and health Researchers
Level: Intermediate
What you’ll learn: Concepts and potential roles of statistical methods and person-level data in economic evaluations; and how to generate cost-effectiveness estimates and to characterize the uncertainty of those estimates using person-level data and statistical techniques.

  • Dr. Kednapa Thavorn, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Abstract: In an environment with constrained resources especially during uncertain time and imperfect data, understanding the value for money of a health intervention (e.g., medication, medical device) could support the process for funding and resource allocation decisions. Several analytical approaches and data sources can be used to assess the “value for money” of health interventions. Although aggregate data obtained from published literature are often used to populate decision analytic models to show the value for money of an intervention, they remove variability within groups and rely on certain assumptions. In today’s context, person-level data (e.g., those obtained from administrative databases, observational studies, or randomized controlled trials) are becoming more accessible especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This workshop will introduce how to use statistical methods and person-level data to show the cost-effectiveness of the interventions and characterize the uncertainty around the cost-effectiveness findings. We will illustrate how statistical techniques, such as regression analysis and propensity score approach, can be used to estimate incremental costs, incremental effects, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios, and incremental net benefit. We will also discuss methods to characterize the uncertainty of these cost-effectiveness estimates using parametric and non-parametric approaches. This workshop will illustrate concepts and step-by-step approaches to conduct person-level economic evaluations from research question formulation to results interpretation using case studies. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the information to start applying the concepts of person-level economic evaluations to their own work.

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Fees
Commercial/ Private $200
Public Sector/ Academic/ Government/ Associations $100
Students $0
Patient Group Representative $0

If you attended the 2021 CADTH Symposium, your registration provides you with free registration to the workshops. See the attendee hub for details on the promo code.