asa.health.pol.03

Sponsor(s): Sponsoring Section/Society: Health Policy Statistics Section

Session Time: 2:00- 3:50 Wednesday

Estimated Audience Size: 75-125

A/V Request: None

Session Title: Statistical Models and Methods for Health Care Policy Research

Theme Session: Yes $\quad$ Applied Session: Yes

Organizer: Christiansen, Cindy L.  

Session Timing: 3 speakers and 1 discussant Opening Remarks by Chair - 3 minutes First Speaker - 30 minutes Second Speaker - 30 minutes Third Speaker - 30 minutes Discussant - 10 minutes Floor Discusion - 7 minutes

Chair: Bailey, R. Clifton  

1. Estimating the Effect on Survival of Detecting Cancers By Screening Using Instrumental Variables: An Example With Breast Cancer Screening $\quad$ McIntosh, Martin  

2. Models for Health Care Planning $\quad$ Carrier, K.C.  

3. Using Difference (Rather Than Ratio) Measures in Clustered Healthcare Data $\quad$ Localio, Russell  

$\quad$ Ten Have, Thomas  

$\quad$ Berlin, Jesse  

Discussant: Gatsonis, Constantine  

List of speakers who are nonmembers: None