BETTER ANALYSIS FOR BETTER DECISIONS
BRIDGING
THE GAP BETWEEN ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND HEALTHCARE DECISION-MAKING.
A CONFERENCE IN HONOUR OF BERNIE J. O'BRIEN
Date: June 19-20, 2006
Location: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
During his distinguished career, Bernie O'Brien contributed
greatly both to methodological developments in economic
evaluation and its practical application. Therefore
we have assembled an outstanding array of international
speakers who will discuss current developments in the
methodology and practice of economic evaluation.
These speakers include: Karl Claxton, Michael Drummond,
Andrea Manca, Mark Sculpher, (University of York,
UK), Milt Weinstein (Harvard University, USA), Peter
Neumann
(Tufts University, USA), Andreas Laupacis, Andy Willan
(University of Toronto), Andrew Briggs (University
of Glasgow, UK), Adrian Levy (University of British
Columbia),
Martin Buxton (Brunel University, UK), Les Levin
(Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Toronto), and
Stephen
Birch, Amiram Gafni, Ron Goeree, George Torrance,
(McMaster University) Please mark your calendars to attend
this
conference June 19-20, 2006 at McMaster University.
Space
is limited, so register early. Website registration
begins November 15, 2005 (www.path-hta.ca).
Contact: Christine Henderson or Jan
Watson at hendersc@mcmaster.ca or watsonj@mcmaster.ca;
Tel: 905-523-7284, x5268;
Further details about the conference can be found
on the website for the Program for Assessment
of Technology
in Health (PATH) at http://www.path-hta.ca
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