Conjoint Analysis in Healthcare (CAHC) Conference, March 21-22, Orlando, Florida, USA

Sponsors:

8:00am – 12:00pm	Pre-conference Workshop 1 (optional)* An introduction to experimental design in choice experimental design of choice experiments John Rose PhD, University of Sydney *Additional registration and fee ($95) required for each pre-conference workshop and should be handled at registration.
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Lunch (workshop attendees only)
1:00pm – 5:00pm	Pre-conference Workshop 2 (optional)* What role could conjoint analysis play in health and why should anyone care? A. Brett Hauber. PhD, RTI International Andrew Lloyd, DPhil, Oxford Outcomes Teresa L. Kauf, PhD, University of Florida College of Pharmacy Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH Yale School of Medicine John F P Bridges, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Overview: The number of conjoint analysis studies related to health and health care has grown dramatically in the past decade. In theory, the results of a conjoint analysis in health applications can be used to inform healthcare policy, support health-technology assessment, support regulatory decisions, guide drug development, demonstrate the value of a healthcare intervention, or aid in shared decision making. However, it is not clear from the literature whether and to what extent the results of conjoint analyses in health are used for any of these purposes in the real world. The goal of this workshop is to help researchers define the value of conjoint analysis in health to funders and users of this type of research and to identify strategies for expanding the use of conjoint analysis in decision making in multiple areas. This workshop will provide perspectives from five researchers on the usefulness and practical applications of conjoint analysis in real-world decision making in the areas of: health technology assessment, regulatory decisions, drug development, shared decision making and public policy. In addition, workshop participants will be presented with case studies and asked to evaluate the practical uses of the results of each study. Workshop participants also will be encouraged to describe their own case studies for discussion during the workshop. *Additional registration and fee ($95) required for each pre-conference workshop and should be handled at registration.
5:00 – 5:30	Free time
5:30 – 6:00	Meet in Conference Center at 5:30 to walk as a group into EPCOT, Italy Pavilion, for the event.
6:00 – 9:30	Welcome Reception (Drinks and dinner). Italy Pavilion in EPCOT.

7:00am – 8:30am	Breakfast
8:30am – 8:35am	Conference opening and welcome John F.P. Bridges, Ph.D., Conference Chair
8:35am-10.00am	Submitted Paper session 1: Valuing health outcomes Chair: Andrew Lloyd PhD
Paper 1:	Using Conjoint Analysis to Measure Preferences and Valuations for HRQOL States in Children Derek S. Brown, RTI International
Paper 2:	Choice-based Valuation of the SF-12 Benjamin M. Craig, Moffitt Cancer Center
Paper 3:	Decision Making in Vasculitis: How Experts Judge the Differences in the Risk Profiles Associated with Cyclophosphamide and Rituximab Liana Fraenkel, Yale University School of Medicine
Paper 4:	New concepts in discrete choice preference measurement: an application to drug treatments for juvenile idiopathic arthritis Dean A. Regier, Ph.D., BC Cancer Research Centre
10:00am – 10:30am	Break
10:30am – 12:00pm	Submitted Papers Session 2: Health systems applications Chair: Derek S Brown PhD
Paper 1:	Involving Parents in the Development of a Safety Partnership Strategy in a Regional Children’s Hospital Charles E. Cunningham, McMaster University
Paper 2:	Patient-Centered Health Care Delivery Systems: A Discrete Choice Experiment Axel Mühlbacher, HS Neubrandenburg, Germany
Paper 3:	Referral Choice Preferences for Total Joint Replacement with Alternative Specifications of the Status-Quo Deborah Marshall, University of Calgary
Paper 4:	Building a responsive health system in Liberia: population preferences for health care in a post-conflict country Margaret E. Kruk, Columbia University
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm – 3:00pm	Submitted Paper Session 3: Advances in methods Chair: Benjamin Craig PhD
Paper 1:	Can scale and coefficient heterogeneity be separated in random coefficients models? Stephane Hess, University of Leeds
Paper 2:	Dynamic Choice Scenarios: Accounting for Timing, Duration, and Sequences of Health States in Choice-Format Conjoint Analysis Christine Poulos, RTI Health Solutions
Paper 3:	Adaptive Best-worst Conjoint (ABC) Analysis Ely Dahan, UCLA Medical School
Paper 4:	Statistical identification of scope and attribute non-attendance in choice-format conjoint analysis with latent-class analysis. Juan Marcos Gonzalez, Research Triangle Institute
3:00pm – 3:30pm	Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Brief research presentations Chair: Deborah Marshall PhD
Paper 1:	Patient Preference and Decision Making for Medications to Treat Multiple Sclerosis: Weighing Risks and Benefits Leslie Wilson, University of California, San Francisco
Paper 2:	A discrete choice analysis of older adults’ preferences for colorectal cancer screening tests Christine. E. Kistler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paper 3:	Value Assessment of Pain Improvement in Castrate-Resistant Prostrate Cancer (CRPC) Karen J. Hyver, Percepta Market Research Consultancy
Paper 4:	European priorities for comprehensive liver cancer control Susan M Joy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Paper 5:	Preference for practice. A study on young doctors’ choice of general practice using a discrete choice experiment Line Bjørnskov Pedersen University of Southern Denmark
Paper 6:	Evaluating multiple sclerosis patient preferences for disease modifying drugs using choice based conjoint analysis. Abhijeet Bhanegaonkar, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
Paper 7:	Fictitious Preferences or Felicitous Recoding? Conjoint Respondents Who Make Sense of Nonsensical Questions Jui-Chen Yang, RTI Health Solutions
Paper 8:	Using conjoint analysis for the prioritization of zoonotic diseases of public health importance in Canada and the US Victoria Ng, University of Guelph
Paper 9:	Decision making criteria among national policy makers in five countries: a discrete choice experiment eliciting relative preferences for equity and efficiency Andrew Mirelman, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Paper 10:	A Strategy for Lengthening the Attribute List: Joint Estimation of Choice and Best-Worst Scaling Models. Jing Zhang, Research Triangle Institute
Paper 11:	What factors affect individuals’ decisions during a Florida Red Tide Margaret M Byrne, University of Miami
Paper 12:	Developing a Discrete Choice Experiment Measure of Preferences for Alternative HIV Testing Options: Unique Challenges in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania Jan Ostermann, Duke Global Health Institute
5:00 – 6:00	Free time or Sawtooth Software Clinic
6:00 – 7:30	Reception (appetizers and beverages)

7:00am – 8:30am	Breakfast
8:30am – 10:00am	Joint Session with Sawtooth Software Conference
Paper 1:	An Overview of the Design of Stated Choice Experiments Warren Kuhfeld PhD, SAS Institute, Inc. John Wurst PhD, University of Georgia
Paper 2:	In Defense of Imperfect Experimental Designs: Statistical Efficiency and Measurement Error in Choice-Format Conjoint Analysis F. Reed Johnson PhD, Research Triangle Institute
Paper 3:	CBC Design for Practitioners: What Matters Most Joel Huber PhD, Duke University
10:00am – 10:30am	Break
10:30am – 12:00pm	Submitted Papers Session 4: Cancer applications Chair: Jamie L. Studts, PhD
Paper 1:	Cancer patients trade-offs for efficacy, toxicity and cost Yu-Ning Wong, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Paper 2:	Randomized trial comparing three methods of values clarification for decision making about PSA screening in US and Australian men Kirsten Howard, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Paper 3:	A Conjoint Analysis of Lung Cancer Screening Decisions among Individuals at-risk for Lung Cancer Jamie L. Studts, University of Kentucky
Paper 4:	TBA John F P Bridges, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm – 3:00pm	Second keynote presentation Chair: Charles E. Cunningham Ken Deal Ph.D. Market Segmentation in health care Discussant 1: TBA Discussant 2: TBA
3:00pm – 3:30pm	Break
3:30pm – 4:45pm	Closing panel session: Collaborating Disciplines Chair: Aaron Hill, Sawtooth Software The session will look at how communication across disciplines can improve the quality of the applications of conjoint analysis in health. Panel members will discuss recent advances in their own field and will discuss the future research agenda for the conjoint in health movement. Panel members: John Rose, University of Sydney Stephane Hess, University of Leeds Carol White MBA, Sawtooth Technologies Ely Dahan, UCLA Medical School
4:50 – 5:00pm	Conference closing John F P Bridges, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
5:00 – 6:00	Free time or Sawtooth Software Clinic
6:00 – 7:30	Reception (appetizers and beverages)

Essential Information & Registration

Location:

Disney's BoardWalk Inn
2101 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830, USA

Note: Due to registrations for the 2012 conference being ahead of expectations, our room block is currently sold out at the Boardwalk for Tuesday and Wednesday. Please phone Disney at: +1 407-939-4686 and you will be placed into the Yacht & Beach Club Resort (within walking distance) at the $205 rate.

CAHC Registration (all prices in $US):

Registration for the main sessions is $425.
Optional half-day tutorials: $95 each.

ADA: Sawtooth Software is committed to providing equal access to our meetings for all attendees. If you are an attendee with a disability and require meeting room/program accommodations (wheelchair access, hearing assistance, etc.), please contact us at +1 801-477-4700 and a member of our staff will ensure that appropriate access arrangements are made.

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