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"So a V-BID, CEA, and DCE Walk into a Bar…" What's the punchline? Go to Mt. Hood/Mt. St. Helens (floor 2) Tues at 11 to find out. This is joint work with @AnkurFactorial and Kai Yeung @KPWaResearch #SMDM19 ow.ly/T9Vp50wOLP0
Spoiler: it was actually a taqueria. We ate nachos #SMDM19 
Ankur cites @BrouwerLizzy as an expert in VBID and CEA. Her work shows what co-pays for diff drugs might look like considering CEA ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31270747 #SMDM19
Listening to Olga Kostopoulou discuss new diagnostic decision support, where software uses patient history and characteristics to suggest potential diagnoses and encourage electronic coding #SMDM19
How does this affect diagnosing? To evaluate, they followed over 30 GPs, documenting what they wrote free hand and what they coded in the computer, and the final diagnoses that the GPs gave to the patients.
They found: on average, when they used the aid, more information was documented, it was more likely to be coded (rather than handwritten), and gave more consistent diagnoses. Uptake of this software could improve our claims data and, in turn, our claims based research!
Rebecca Delaney, PhD discusses shared decision making in life-threatening congenital heart defects (CHD). (Thread) #SMDM19
Backstory:
Parents with children born with CHD are faced with an impossible choice:
1. Palliative care
2. Surgery--it is not a good prognosis post-surgery. The child may life days to weeks with a subpar quality of life.
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Parents with children born with CHD are faced with an impossible choice:
1. Palliative care
2. Surgery--it is not a good prognosis post-surgery. The child may life days to weeks with a subpar quality of life.
#SMDM19
Rebecca was interested in understanding what goes into the decision-making process. #SMDM19
Our #SMDM19 keynote starts very soon (8:45am PT). Watch Dr. Paul Slovic (@PaulatDR +@UOPsych) speak live at ow.ly/PnO450wNjGv
We see an inverse relationship between risk and benefit #smdm19
This has led us to the affect heuristic--a concept seen through three examples. (1) Differences in interpreting probability and frequency #smdm19
ok health econ lesson.
Say you have a drug, and you want to know how "good" it is...
Good can be roughly defined as (1) how much does it improve your life and (2) how much longer are you going to live.
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Say you have a drug, and you want to know how "good" it is...
Good can be roughly defined as (1) how much does it improve your life and (2) how much longer are you going to live.
#SMDM19
In health economics we call this a QALY (quality adjusted life year).
QALYs are the best (so far) we have, but they aren't perfect. #SMDM19
QALYs are the best (so far) we have, but they aren't perfect. #SMDM19
For example,
They discriminate against geriatrics. Drugs for old people don't prolong life by as much as drugs for youngins.
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They discriminate against geriatrics. Drugs for old people don't prolong life by as much as drugs for youngins.
#SMDM19
Happening soon! Learn about addressing inequity w/ Drs. @AishaLangford, Negin Hajizadeh, & @BruceSchackman. Moderated by Drs. @angiefagerlin & Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds #SMDM19 ow.ly/yCT450wGWPV
@AishaLangford @BruceSchackman @angiefagerlin If you're hungry for food and knowledge about inequity, join us in the Oregon room on the 1st floor #SMDM19
@AishaLangford @BruceSchackman @angiefagerlin Here's our panel! The panel will be followed by small group discussions later tonight. Join us any time! #SMDM19
