Understanding Individual Treatment Effects
Next week, health care stakeholders will convene in Washington, DC, to explore the role and challenges of individual treatment effects, or heterogeneity, in developing treatment recommendations, practice guidelines, and coverage and reimbursement policies for patients. To better understand what heterogeneity is and how it can affect patient care, we asked Dr. Darius Lakdawalla, Director of Research at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, for a basic explanation.
Next week, health care stakeholders will convene in Washington, DC, to explore the role and challenges of individual treatment effects, or heterogeneity, in developing treatment recommendations, practice guidelines, and coverage and reimbursement policies for patients. To better understand what heterogeneity is and how it can affect patient care, we asked Dr. Darius Lakdawalla, Director of Research at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, for a basic explanation.
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To learn more about this issue, join us on November 30 at “The Myth of Average: Why Individual Patient Differences Matter,” a conference hosted by the National Pharmaceutical Council, the National Health Council, WellPoint, and 17 other cosponsor organizations. The conference features keynote presentations from Dr. Joe Selby, executive director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. They will be joined by a number of thought leaders representing patient organizations, academia, policymakers, payers, and the pharmaceutical industry.
There is no charge to attend the event, which is being held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, but space is limited. Registration information is available on NPC’s website.