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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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