Empowering the Annual Health Econometrics Workshop

描述（由申请人提供）：年度卫生计量经济学研讨会（AHEW, www.healtheconometrics.org）提供了一个论坛，讨论使用计量经济学和其他定量方法来解决卫生经济学和政策，卫生服务研究和结果研究中的问题。该会议是北美唯一的此类会议，促进了美国和世界各地越来越多的卫生计量经济学家之间的思想交流。它允许初级和高级研究人员之间进行大量的思想交流，这是美国其他卫生经济学或计量经济学研讨会所没有的。AHEW成立于2009年，第一次研讨会于10月在芝加哥举行。2010年的研讨会在密歇根大学安娜堡分校举行。2011年会议将于2011年9月29日至10月1日在明尼苏达大学双子城举行。2012年和2013年的比赛场地尚未最终确定。然而，我们收到了来自全国各地的研究人员的压倒性回应，他们愿意主办这些研讨会。我们寻求资金，使我们能够在未来三年内继续建立一个强大的研讨会，并扩大科学计划，以最大限度地提高参与和互动、科学内容、传播和培训工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Annual Health Econometrics Workshop (AHEW, www.healtheconometrics.org) provides a forum to discuss the use of econometric and other quantitative methods to address issues in health economics and policy, health services research, and outcomes research. The meeting is the only one of its kind in North America and facilitates the exchange of ideas among the growing number of health econometricians in the U.S. and around the world. It allows for considerable exchange of ideas between junior and senior investigators in ways that no other health economics or econometrics workshop in the US does. AHEW was inaugurated in 2009 with its first workshop held in Chicago in October. The 2010 workshop was hosted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The 2011 meeting will be hosted at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities on September 29 - October 1, 2011. The venues for 2012 and 2013 are not yet finalized. However, we have received overwhelming responses from researchers across the country offering to host these workshops. We seek funds to enable us to continue to build a strong workshop over the next three years and expand upon the scientific program in order to maximize participation and interaction, scientific content, and dissemination and training efforts. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Annual Health Econometrics Workshop provides a forum to discuss the use of econometric and other quantitative methods to address issues in health economics and policy, health services research, and outcomes research. The meeting is the only one of its kind in North America and facilitates the exchange of ideas among the growing number of health econometricians in the U.S. and around the world. It allows for considerable exchange of ideas between junior and senior investigators in ways that no other health economics or econometrics workshop in the US does.