Economic Evaluations in Clinical Trials

The Clinical Research Affinity Group invites you to join a presentation:

"Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials"

Speaker: Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD

Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Economic Evaluations Unit, Center for Evidence-based Practice
Director, Value-based Insurance Design Initiatives, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Dr. Doshi's work applies health economics, outcomes research, and policy methods to address issues related to pharmaceutical access, costs, outcomes, and value. She has co-authored Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials (Oxford University Press), the first book dedicated entirely to this topic.

Learning objectives:

1. Features of a gold standard economic evaluation within a clinical trial
2. Key study design issues for a clinical trial based economic evaluation
3. Statistical considerations when dealing with patient-level cost data