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<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I would like to introduce myself to the population modeling panel. A description of myself can be found via the following URL<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/research/center_for_research/faculty_and_staff/carl_v__asche__phd/" target="_blank">http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/research/center_for_research/faculty_and_staff/carl_v__asche__phd/</a><a href="http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/research/center_for_research/faculty_and_staff/carl_v__asche__phd/" target="_blank">http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/research/center_for_research/faculty_and_staff/carl_v__asche__phd/</a></font></div>
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<font color="#292929" size="3" face="Times New Roman">In short, my research focuses on the use of comparative effectiveness research and cost-effectiveness analysis in health care decision making. I am particularly busy in utilizing predictive modeling techniques
to help reduce hospital no-shows and readmissions. An example of my work is the following:<br>
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<div align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Asche CV, Hippler SE, Eurich DT. Review of models used in economic analyses of new oral treatments for type 2 diabetes mellitus. <u>Ph</u><u>ar</u><u>m</u><u>ac</u><u>o</u><u>ec</u><u>onom</u><u>ic</u><u>s </u><u> </u><u>(</u><u>PEC</u><u>)</u><u>.</u> 2014 Jan;32(1):15-27. PMID:
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<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Carl V. Asche, PhD</font></div>
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<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Director of Center for Outcomes Research</font></div>
<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Research Professor of Medicine</font></div>
<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria</font></div>
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<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">309-671-8461 | cva@uic.edu</font></div>
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<div class="PlainText" style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aschecv</font></div>
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