Not a day April 13, 2016 will be held at the 6th Meeting of the Group of Discussion in Avaliação of Health Technologies (GRUDA), of 9am to 12pm (GMT-3), not the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO) as the support of its Núcleo de Avaliação em Tecnologias em Saúde (NATS).
You will have transmission by videoconference through the link http://ead.into.saude.gov.br/r35118668/
GRUDA is an initiative that aims to discuss relevant issues in the area of Health Technology Availability for the national health system.
The topic of the meeting will be:
Analysis of observational data and contributions to the evaluation of health technologies.
The objective is to discuss the potential of national databases and how we can support the decision-making process of incorporating technologies in health.
Moderator: Marisa Santos – National Institute of Cardiology
Presentations: 
1. Propensity scores and structural equations: applications in observational analysis.
Braulio Santos – National Institute of Cardiology
2.A utilization of data bases of the Single Health System in ATS: the relationship of data bases for studies of comparative effectiveness, economic evaluation and persistence in treatment.
Chronic Kidney Disease
Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior
Researcher in Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and deputy coordinator of the SUS Collaborating Center for Avaliação de Tecnologias e Excelência em Saúde (CCATES/UFMG).
Rheumatic diseases
Francisco de Assis Acurcio
Researcher of the Department of Social Pharmacy of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Federal University of Minas Gerais.