RESEARCH PROJECTS

THE BeAMS STUDY.  LONG TERM BENEFITS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BETA-INTERFERON FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Data sets requested

• Medical Services Plan (BC Ministry of Health Services)
• Hospital Separations (BC Ministry of Health Services)
• Health Registry Data  
• Vital Statistics Deaths (BC Vital Statistics Agency)
• PharmaNet 
• Home and Community Care (BC Ministry of Health Services)

Publications

Posters

Evans, C.; Zhao,Y.; Shirani, A.; Kingwell, E.; vanderKop, M.; Karim, E.M.; Gustafson, P.; Petkau, J.; Tremlett, H. "The BeAMS Study: Long-term benefits and adverse effects of beta-interferons for multiple sclerosis: Impact on hospitalservices utilization." Proceedings of endMS Conference 2010. 6-9 December 2010. Whistler, BC.

Presentations

Karim, E.M.; Gustafson, P.; Petkau, J.; Shirani, A.; van der Kop, M.; Kingwell, E.; Zhao, Y.; Evans, C.; Tremlett, H. "Marginal structural models for investigating long term effectiveness of a time-dependent treatment: An application to muliple sclerosis." To be Presented: 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings. Activity 87, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology.

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