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Association Between Triptanuse And Cardiac Contraindications In An Insured Migraine Population, Daisy Ng-Mak, Phd, Valerie P. Pracilio, Mph, Stephen Silberstein, Md, Joseph Couto, Pharmd, Mba, Cary Sennett, Md, Phd, Mary Hopkins, Rn, Jon Bumbaugh, Neil I. Goldfarb

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Background

Safety concerns exist when using triptansto treat patients with cardiac contraindications.

–Triptans cause vasoconstriction, a safety concern for migraineurswith cardiovascular (CV) disease or other cardiac risk factors.

–All triptans contain contraindications in their package inserts to avoid use in patients with cardiac conditions.

•Previous research indicates that clinicians are less likely to prescribe triptansin patients with CV disease or CV risk factors.

Limited research has examined the proportion of migraine patients with cardiovascular disease or those individuals who were concurrently treated with triptans.

International Evidence On Medical Spending., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for the American Statistical Association Health Policy Statistics Section.9th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Cleveland, OH.

14 PowerPoint slides

Presentation associated with this paper: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/healthpolicyfaculty/45/.

International Evidence On Medical Spending., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

The 46th Actuarial Research Conference, Poster session I, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. August 11, 2011.

Poster conclusions:

• U.S. spending is high.
• Long tailed medical linked insurance may be easier to write in the U.S.
• U.S. healthcare cost curve is not outrageous.
• Average spending
• Low volatility

Poster is associated with this paper: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/healthpolicyfaculty/45/

High Frequency Evidence On Variation In Spending Growth., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for the American Statistical Association Health Policy Statistics Section. 9th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Poster session I, Cleveland, OH.

Policy Implications:

• Health insurance regulation should include compensation for taking on riskier groups.
• Health programs should focus on changing needs for risk management versus health management throughout the life cycle.

Funding to support this work came from AHRQ grant R36 HS018835-01.

Strategies For Financing Healthcare Costs Over The Long Term., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for the American Statistical Association Health Policy Statistics Section. 9th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Poster session I, Cleveland, OH.

Funding to support this work came from AHRQ grant R36 HS018835-01.

Policy Implications:

-Health insurance companies should use a broad, diversified investment portfolio as their optimal investment strategy -Insurance regulators should be focused on longer term lines of health insurance

Validating The Pridit Method For Determining Hospital Quality With Outcomes Data., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd, Dominique Comer, Pharmd, Katherine O’Connell, Bs

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for The 46th Actuarial Research Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

15 PowerPoint slides

International Evidence On Medical Spending Risk., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for the American Risk and Insurance Association. 2011 ARIA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

20 PowerPoint slides.

Presentation is associated with the paper: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/healthpolicyfaculty/45/

Detecting Hospital Quality With Pridit., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for the Temple University, Fox School of Business Department of Risk, Insurance & Healthcare Management. Robert A. Hedges Research Seminar Series, Philadelphia, PA.

25 PowerPoint slides

Associated papers available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00821.x/abstract

and the 2008 Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meeting.

Finding High Quality Hospitals In Philadelphia., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Guest lecture for PBH609 GIS Mapping. Fall, 2010 session. Philadelphia, PA.

15 PowerPoint slides.