This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Keyword Search Criteria: Health policy returned 9 record(s)
Sunday, 08/01/2010
Marginally Specified Hierarchical Models for Networks and Relational Data: An Application to Health Policy
Andrew C. Thomas, Carnegie Mellon University; Joseph Blitzstein, Harvard University
4:25 PM

Monday, 08/02/2010
Comparison of Quadratic Inference Functions and Generalized Estimating Equations: Longitudinal Case Study of Act 1220 of 2003 Health Policy in Arkansas
Zoran Bursac, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; D. Keith Williams, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Clinton Heath Gauss, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Page Moore, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Melanie E. Goodell, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Rebecca A. Krukowski, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; Delia Smith West, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; Martha M. Phillips, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; James M. Raczynski, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


Application of Fuzzy Clustering and Discriminant Analysis to Identify Neighborhood Population Characteristics and Health Needs
Ashely Pedigo, University of Tennessee; William Seaver, University of Tennessee; Agricola Odoi, University of Tennessee


Issues of Data Capacity and Statistical Quality to Support Health Care Modeling and Microsimulation Efforts
Joel Cohen, AHRQ


Making It Happen on the Ground: Practical Challenges with Administrative Records in the Health Policy Arena
Christine S. Cox, National Center for Health Statistics
10:55 AM

Tuesday, 08/03/2010
Overdiagnosis and the Will Rogers Effect: Bias in Risk Adjustment
Daniel Gottlieb, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Jason Sutherland, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
10:35 AM

Bayesian Calibration of Microsimulation Models
Carolyn M. Rutter, Group Health Research Institute
11:25 AM

Wednesday, 08/04/2010
A Statistician at the Policy Table: Integrating Modeling in the Development of Public Health Guidelines
Ruth Etzioni, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center


Age-Specific Differences in the Epidemic Curves for Influenza A Virus: Do School Children Drive the Spread of Influenza Epidemics?
Dena Lynn Schanzer, Public Health Agency of Canada
8:50 AM




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