One-Day Conference to Explore Comparative Effectiveness Analysis and Health Care Reform

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Comparative Effectiveness Analysis Conference
Speakers to describe experiences of overseas healthcare systems.


"The primary purpose of comparative effectiveness research is to inform healthcare related decisions," according to Ted Buckley, Ph.D., Director of Economic Policy at the Biotechnology Industry Organization. While definitions of comparative effectiveness analysis methodology differ (Buckley lists four examples in his white paper The Complexities of Comparative Effectiveness), they commonly include three elements:
  • Comparison of one treatment to one or more other treatments;
  • Treatments compared are not limited to medications only;
  • Both risks and benefits are included in the assessment .
Comparative effectiveness analysis potentially enters the debate over health-care reform as both content and method. Specifically, the role of comparative effectiveness as a method of choosing between clinical options may be institutionalized as part of the reforms mandated. Also, as a decision-making algorithm familiar in the medical profession, comparative effectiveness analysis could be applied to choosing between different reform proposals. Indeed, with suitably chosen effectiveness criteria, the methodology could be applied to essentially any decision in any field, from what to have for dinner to global economic policy.

On 1 October, the Center For Health Care Management & Policy at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine plans to present a one-day conference entitled Comparative Effectiveness: Lessons From Abroad. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and the California HealthCare Foundation, the conference program includes talks by expert speakers from Britain, Canada, Germany, and the United States on key issues facing the nation on health care reform. Conference organizers hope to provide a unique venue for dialogue among private and public sector leaders that will help to determine what the U.S. can learn from other countries in using comparative effectiveness (CE) analysis to improve health care quality and efficiency.

The conference is aimed at:
  • Physicians and nurses in administrative positions, physicians in private, group or clinical practice;
  • Presidents, CEOs, trustees and senior management in provider and insurer organizations;
  • Senior executives in pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech and other health care organizations who define strategy and policy;
  • Employers who deal with the problem of ever-increasing health care costs while attempting to increase employee choice; and
  • Government officials who define and implement health policy.
For more information contact Margaret M. Wong, Associate Director of the Center for Health Care Management & Policy at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine by telephone at 949-824-8474, or by email at mwong@uci.edu.

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