Resources

Decision Analysis in R for Technologies in Health (DARTH) workgroup

DARTH is a multi-institutional, multi-university collaborative effort comprised of researchers who have a passion for transparent and open-source solutions to decision analysis in health. The aim of this collaboration is to expand knowledge in decision analysis using R and develop educational material that empowers people to construct R-based decision models.

Please visit the DARTH website to find tutorials and publications by our group that may be helpful for your own work: https://www.darthworkgroup.com/

R for Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

R for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is an academic consortium whose main objective is to explore the use of R for cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA): https://r-hta.org/

Access the free web version of the recently published R for HTA textbook: https://gianluca.statistica.it/books/online/r-hta/

Society of Medical Decision Making (SMDM)

The Society for Medical Decision Making aims to advance medical decision-making research and practice to improve health outcomes. Members work together with patients, clinicians, researchers, policy-makers, and the public to improve the quality, patient-centeredness, and value of health decisions.

SMDM hosts many (virtual) webinars, workshops, and short courses throughout the year: https://smdm.org/education/

International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)

ISPOR’s mission is to advance health economics and outcomes research excellence to improve decision making for health globally.

ISPOR also hosts educational events throughout the year: https://www.ispor.org/education-training