ABS05 - 2005 Applied Bayesian Statistics School

BAYESIAN APPROACHES TO EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS 

AND DECISION MODELLING IN HEALTH CARE

Villa Monastero, Varenna (LC), Italy

5 - 9 June, 2005

Background Reading

Bayesian Methods

Spiegelhalter DJ et al. (1999). An Introduction to Bayesian Methods in Health Technology Assessment. BMJ 319:508-512.

Spiegelhalter DJ. (2004). Incorporating Bayesian Ideas into Health-Care Evaluation. Statistical Science 19(1):156-174.

O’Hagan A & Luce B. (2003). A Primer on Bayesian Statistics in Health Economics & Outcomes Research. MEDTAP International Inc. Available at www.bayesian-initiative.com

Meta-Analysis

Fleiss JL. (1993). The statistical basis of meta-analysis. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2, 121-145.

Normand SLT. (1999). Tutorial in biostatistics. Meta-anaysis formulating, evaluating, combining, and reporting. Statistics in Medicine 18, 321-359.

Thompson SG & Sharp SJ. (1999). Explaining heterogeneity in meta-analysis a comparison of methods. Statistics in Medicine 18, 2693-2708.

Books

Wiley is offering a 20% discount on the following books (registered participants can ask for details);

Sutton AJ, Abrams KR, Jones Dr, Sheldon TA & Song F. Methods for Meta-Analysis in Medical Research. Chichester: Wiley, 2000. ISBN 0 471 49066 0.

Spiegelhalter DJ, Abrams KR & Myles JP. Bayesian Approaches to Clinical trials and Health-care Evaluation. Chichester; Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0 471 49975 7

Parmigiani G. Modeling in Medical Decision Making: A Bayesian Approach. Chichester: Wiley, 2002. ISBN: 0 471 98608 9.

Congdon P. Applied Bayesian Modelling. Chichester: Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 0 471 48695 7.