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666 Thu, 8/2/2012, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Room 30D
Recent Advances of Statistical Application to the Health Policy Studies — Contributed Papers
Health Policy Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Chair(s): Nancy Gordon, U.S. Census Bureau
10:35 AM Sequential Decision Processes in Kidney Paired Donation Programs with Altruistic Donors Yijiang Li, University of Michigan ; John Kalbfleisch, University of Michigan ; Peter Song, University of Michigan ; Alan Leichtman, University of Michigan
10:50 AM A Reference-Invariant Health Disparity Index Based on Rényi Divergence Makram Talih, National Center for Health Statistics
11:05 AM Linear Combinations of Biomarkers to Improve Overall Diagnostic Accuracy with Three Ordinal Diagnostic Categories Le Kang, FDA/CDRH ; Lili Tian, SUNY at Buffalo ; Chengjie Xiong, Washington University School of Medicine ; Paul K Crane, University of Washington
11:20 AM Which Newborns Missed the First Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccination? Zhen Zhao, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases ; Trudy V. Murphy, CDC
11:35 AM Construct Validation of Measures Used for Assessing the Effect of Nutrition Education on the Lifestyles of Third-Grade Children Mack Shelley, Iowa State University ; Doris Montgomery, Iowa Department of Public Health ; Xia Chen, Iowa Department of Public Health ; Marilyn Jones, Iowa Department of Public Health ; Christine Hradek, Iowa Department of Public Health ; Natalia Frishman, Iowa State University
11:50 AM Impact of Routine Exercises on the Quality of Life of Diabetics with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Philip Twumasi-Ankrah, University of Kansas School of Medicine ; Tracie C. Collins, University of Kansas School of Medicine
12:05 PM Floor Discussion



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