asa.bayesian.03

Sponsor(s): Sponsoring Section/Society: ASA-SBSS

Session Time: 2:00- 3:50 Wednesday

Estimated Audience Size: 100

A/V Request: none

Session Title: Bayesian Methods in Health-Care Policy

Theme Session: Yes $\quad$ Applied Session: No

Organizer: Stangl, Dalene  

Session Timing: Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 minutes First Speaker - 30 minutes Second Speaker - 30 minutes Third Speaker - 30 minutes Discussant - 10 minutes Floor Discusion - 5 minutes

Chair: Sargent, Dan  

1. Stochastic Optimization Methods For Cost-Effective Quality Assessment in Health Care $\quad$ Draper, David  

2. Evaluating profiling methods used in the health care industry to identify extreme performance $\quad$ Christiansen, Cindy L.  

3. Conditional Categorial Response Models with Application to Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction $\quad$ Gelfand, Alan E.  

Discussant: Stangl, Dalene  

List of speakers who are nonmembers: None