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IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Last name:Anis First name:Aslam H
Address:St. Paul's Hospital
620B - 1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6Z  1Y6
Fax:(604) 806-8778
BC academic affiliation:University of British Columbia
Department:
E-mail address: aslam.anis@ubc.ca BC research location(s): St Paul's Hospital/Providence Health Care Research Institute
Web Page: MSFHR Research Unit(s):
Status:Researcher
Last update: 10/08/2010


TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Diploma / Credentials Specialty Year Institution
Doctorate (PhD) Economics 1990   Carleton University
Master's Economics 1983   Carleton University
Bachelor's, Honours Economics 1981   University of Dhaka-Bangladesh
Last update: 07/04/2010


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Area of research: Health sciences
Disciplines trained in: Economy
Research disciplines: Economy
Statistics
Research topics: Health Services (Health Services)
Health Policies (Health Services)
Social Determinants of Health (Population Health)
Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis (Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis)
AIDS / HIV (Infection and Immunity)
Fields of application: Health System Management
Public Health
Last update: 10/08/2010


TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Technological applications:
Last update: 10/08/2010


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise.
Key words: Health Economics, HIV/AIDS, Pharmacoeconomics, Cost-Effectiveness, Pharmaceutical Regulation, Clinical Epidemiology, Urban Health, Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis
Research interests:
Last update: 10/08/2010


RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Authors
Title (article or book chapter)
Year Volume Number Pages Journal or book Editors City and publishing house
Marra CA, Woolcott JC, Kopec JA, Shojania K, Offer R, Brazier JE, Esdaile JM, Anis AH
"A comparison of generic, indirect utility measures (the HUI2, HUI3, SF-6D, and the EQ-5D) and disease-specific instruments (the RAQol and the HAQ) in rheumatoid arthritis"
2004 60 7 pp. 1571-1582 Social Science and Medicine   
Anis AH, Guh DP, Woolcott J
"Lowering generic drug prices: less regulation equals more competition"
2003 41 1 pp. 135-141 Medical Care   
Anis AH, and Wen Quan
"Price regulation of pharmaceutical in Canada"
1998 17 1 pp. 21-38 Journal of Health Economics   
Last update: 08/07/2009


LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Understand: English
Read: English
Write: English
Speak: English
Last update: 10/08/2010