Ms Karen Bremner
Position:
- Research Associate, Clinical Decision-Making Health Care, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital
- Collaborator, Toronto Health Economics Technology Assessment Collaborative (THETA)
Biography:
Karen Bremner, BSc, is a Research Associate in Clinical Decision Making and Health Care at the Toronto General Hospital (University Health Network). Her recent interests have been in the area of health-related quality of life and utility assessment in prostate cancer patients, and she has played an integral role in the development of the PORPUS, a prostate cancer-specific utility instrument. Previous research includes a study to develop a clinical policy model for prostate cancer, using administrative and patient-reported data to estimate costs and utilities. Currently underway is a study measuring patterns of care, life time costs and the cost-effectiveness of androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer patients.
Current Areas of Collaboration: utility; androgen deprivation therapy; healthcare costs.
Work Focus:
- Work Focus (Professional): health services/systems
androgen deprivation therapy, cost analysis, healthcare delivery, quality of life, survivorship, utility.
