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VOLUME 30: SUPPLEMENT 68 DECEMBER 2003

Health Economics in Rheumatology

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

April 8-9, 2003

Introduction: Health Economics in Rheumatology — An International Conference
 
S.E. Gabriel .........1

Regulatory Issues and Economic Efficiency
 
M.E. Suarez-Almazor, M. Drummond .........5

Cost of Musculoskeletal Diseases: Impact of Work Disability and Functional Decline
 
E. Yelin .........8

Preferences, Disparities, and the Authenticity of Patient Choices
 
J.N. Katz .........12

Characterizing Preferences for Health Outcomes in Economic Evaluations
 
A.N.A. Tosteson .........15

Prioritizing Investments in Health: Can We Assess Potential Value for Money?
 
M. Drummond .........19

Cost-Effectiveness Modeling in Rheumatology: Toward Principles of Good Practice
 
R. Goeree, B.J. O'Brien .........21

Knowing What You Don't Know: Bayesian Approaches to Uncertainty in Economic Evaluations
 
D.J. Vanness .........23

Towards a Reference Case for Use in Future Economic Evaluations of Interventions in Osteoarthritis
 
M. Drummond, A. Maetzel, S.E. Gabriel, L. March .........26

Towards a Reference Case for Economic Evaluation of Osteoporosis Treatments
 
D. Coyle, A.N.A. Tosteson .........31




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