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Clinical Epidemiology Resource & Training Center (CERTC)
Medical College Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, India, 17-19 August 2009

Course Description: This 3-day course will discuss decision tree modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, and the interpretation of diagnostic tests.

Lectures

• Introduction to Economic Analysis of Healthcare
• Topics in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
• Introduction to Decision Analysis with Decision Trees
• Instructions for Constructing the Chlamydia Decision Tree
• Decision Tree Sampling Uncertainty
• The 2x2 Table
• Selection of the Optimal 2x2 Table
• Stratum-Specific Likelihood Ratios
• Comparison of the Optimal 2x2 Table and Stratum-Specific Likelihood Ratio Approaches