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  • Thursday, January 12, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness Evaluations and Course Overview

    In this introductory session, we'll explore the following:

    Why perform a cost-effectiveness evaluation in clinical medicine, public health, or social policy?

    What are examples of influential CEAs?

    What is a good research question for a CEA? (Spoiler alert: there are similarities to and differences from what makes a good question in clinical research).

    How do CEAs examine uncertainty in input parameters? For instance, how does one consider the cost-effectiveness of screening for hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa when long-term rates of blood pressure control are unknown?

    We'll also consider an overview of the course: the goals, organization, student projects, and grading.

    Faculty:  Dhruv Kazi

    Location:  Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • EPI213 Lecture1 2016-01-12 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Viewing:

      “The ICER Man Cometh” Videos 1 and 2

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9PHwhyxIQI&list=PLPdSQGGMt89e4_ObAbU8F8ZASfgAoNVH9

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

       

    • Assignment Due Date:  5pm PST on Jan 18, 2017

    • Assignment1 Epi213 v2017 File

  • Thursday, January 19, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Decision Trees

    Faculty:  Dhruv Kazi

    Location:      MH 1407

  • Thursday, January 26, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Lecture: TreeAge 101

    We are going to learn to create a decision tree in TreeAge, set a decision rule, roll back, use variables, and conduct a sensitivity analysis.

    Faculty: Dhruv Kazi

    Room: MH 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • The ICER Man Cometh (Sensitivity Analyses) URL
    • Annals 2015 Owens Use of Decision Analysis File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Optional Reading:

    • Sox HC et al Expected Value Decision Making Ch 6 in Sox HC et al--Medical Decision Making 1988 File

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Assignment Due Date:  Wed Feb 1, 5pm PST

    • Clopidogrel Assignment Final File

    • Assignment Answer Key (Access restricted to registered students):

    • HW3 Assignment

  • Thursday, February 2, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Lecture: Key Concepts and TreeAge 201

    - Discounting, Inflation, Purchasing Power

    - CE planes, dominance

    - Advanced TreeAge issues incl Markov Modeling

    Faculty: Dhruv Kazi

    Room: MH 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Epi213 2017 Lecture4 Notes File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Viewing:

      ICER Man Cometh: Timing

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SbxR7r-Rb0&list=PLPdSQGGMt89e4_ObAbU8F8ZASfgAoNVH9&index=7

    • Optional Reading:

      Chapter 5. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. In Eds. Drummond, Sculpher, et al. Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Oxford University Press.

    • Kahn File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Russell File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Assignment: Time preference and Non-Markov Tree (AVR v. AVR+CABG)

    • Epi213 HW4 Time pref and AVR Tree File

    • Assignment Due Date:  5pm PST on Feb 8, 2017

    • HW 4 Assignment

  • Thursday, February 9, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Core Lecture 6: Markov Disease State Modeling
    Uses and design of portrayal of disease states in decision trees.

    Faculty:  Dhruv Kazi

    Location:     Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Epi213 2017 Lecture5 Notes File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • MDM 1993 Sonnernerg Markov Models File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Naimark D et al Primer on Medical DA--Part 5--Working with Markov Processes In Med Decis Making Apr-Jun 1997 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

    • Assignment:

    • Upload Assignment 5 here
    • Epi213 HW5 Markov File

  • Friday, February 10, 2017; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    UCSF-Stanford-UC Berkeley Global Health Economics Colloquium

    Faculty:  Dhruv Kazi, James G. Kahn, invited speakers

    Location:      Genentech Hall

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • GHECon2017 FinalProgram File

  • Thursday, February 16, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Health Outcomes (QALYs, DALYs) and Costs
    Specification, measurement, calculation, and incorporation of health status indicators and costs.

    Faculty:  Jim Kahn

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

  • Thursday, February 23, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Core Lecture 7: Review of Material and Discussion re Class Projects

    Faculty:  Dhruv Kazi

    Location:      Mission Hall 1407

  • Thursday, March 2, 2017; 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Review of Key Topics, Sensitivity Analyses

    2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Consultations re Class Projects (only need to attend if you have a time slot in this session)

    Lecturer: Dhruv Kazi

    Location:  MH 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Tool Files:

  • Thursday, March 9, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Highlighted

    Ethics and Equity in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

    Health Disparities and Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Lecturer: James G Kahn

    Location: MH 1407

    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    The Ethics of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Lecturer: Elliot Marseille

    Location: MH 1407

  • Thursday, March 16, 2017; 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lecture: Student Presentations

    Faculty: Dhruv Kazi/Jim Kahn

    Location:   Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

  • Thursday, March 23, 2017; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

    Lecture:  Student Presentations

    Faculty:  Dhruv Kazi/Jim Kahn

    Location:  Mission Hall 1407

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description