DIA 48th Annual Meeting
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Demystifying Approaches to the Design and Analysis of Observational Studies of Comparative Effectiveness
Track : Track 13: Health Economics and Outcomes (HEO)/Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)/Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Program Code: 143
Date: Monday, June 25, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM  EST
CHAIR :
 Nancy Dreyer, Outcome, United States
PRESENTER (S):
 Robert Glynn, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, United States
Til Stürmer, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, NC, United States
 Stella Blackburn, European Medicines Agency, United Kingdom
Description
Observational research is becoming increasingly important for comparative effectiveness research (CER). An overview of epidemiologic methods for design and analysis of observational CER will be presented, along with quality guides from US and Europe.

Learning Objectives:
Recognize the epidemiologic principles and methods that promote the validity of observational comparative effectiveness research (CER)
Identify key guidance documents for the design, analysis and evaluation of observational CER studies, including recent scientific and regulatory guidance.