Epidemiology and Health Services

Session Type: ACR Concurrent Abstract Sessions
Sunday, October 18, 2009: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Auditorium (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Organizers: John D. FitzGerald, MD, PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Rachelle Buchbinder, FRAC, MBBS, PhD, Cabrini Medical Center
Moderators: Rowland W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern Univ and Shikha Mittoo, FRCP(C), MD, MHS, University of Manitoba
Papers:
4:30 PM
611
Anticonvulsant Use, Falls, Fractures and BMD : Findings From the Women's Health Initiative
Laura Carbone, MD, Univ of Tenn at Memphis; Karen Johnson, MD, University of TN; John Robbins, MD, University of California; Joseph Larson, MS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; J. David Curb, MD, University of Hawaii; Kathleen Watson, PhD, University of Washington; Margery Gass, M.D., University of Cincinnatti; Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Fred Hutchinson
4:45 PM
612
Improved Responsiveness of Physical Function (Disability) Scales Based Upon Item Response Theory (IRT)
James F. Fries, MD, Stanford Univ Medical Ctr; Eswar Krishnan, MD, MPhil, Stanford University School of Medicine; Matthias Rose, M.D., QualityMetric, Inc.; Bharathi Lingala, PhD, Stanford University; Bonnie Bruce, MPH, RD, Stanford Dept of Medicine
5:00 PM
613
Does the Benefit of Medication Adherence Relate More to a Drug Effect or the Behavior Itself? Quantifying the Effect of Adherence Behavior Using Data From the Placebo Arms of the WHI
Jeffrey Curtis, MD, UAB; Joseph Larson, MS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Elizabeth Delzell, ScD, UAB; Suzanne Judd, PhD, UAB; Monika M. Safford, MD, UAB; Andrea LaCroix, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Rowan Chlebowski, UCLA
5:15 PM
614
Farm History, Insecticide Use and Risk of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
Christine G. Parks, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Science; Brian T. Walitt, MD, Washington Hospital Center; Mary Pettinger, MS, Fred Hutcinson Cancer Research Center; Jiu-Chiuan Chen, MD, PhD, USC Keck School of Medicine; Anneclaire de Roos, PhD, Fred Hutcinson Cancer Research Center; Julie Hunt, PhD, Fred Hutcinson Cancer Research Center; Gloria Sarto, M.D., PhD, University of Wisconsin Medical Center; Barbara V. Howard, PhD, Medstar Research Institute
5:30 PM
615
The Relationship Between Bisphosphonate Adherence and Fracture: Is It the Behavior or the Medication? Results From the Placebo Arm of the Fracture Intervention Trial
Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, UAB; Suzanne Judd, PhD, UAB; Doug Bauer, MD, UCSF; Dennis Black, PhD, UCSF; Elizabeth Delzell, ScD, UAB; Kristine Ensrud, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School; Monika M. Safford, MD, UAB; Ann Schwartz, UCSF
5:45 PM
616
Examining the Cost-Effectiveness of Adding MRI to Early RA Management
L.G. Suter, MD, Yale University; L. Fraenkel, MD, MPH, Yale University; R. S. Braithwaite, Veterans Affairs Health Care System
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