from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1r7GaC0 on June 30, 2014 at 08:58PM Howard Koh, the Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, wrote a viewpoint (with colleagues) that was recently published in JAMA. In it, he details how the United States is moving toward achieving the health goals set forth in Health People […]
from Brookings: Topics – Health at http://bit.ly/1mB429J on June 30, 2014 at 07:30PM In the months before today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, some Hobby Lobby supporters posed questions like the following: Should an orthodox Jew who owns a little corner deli be required by law to sell pork or risk losing his deli operator’s license, […]
from Brookings: Topics – Health at http://bit.ly/1mB429J on June 30, 2014 at 07:30PM In the months before today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, some Hobby Lobby supporters posed questions like the following: Should an orthodox Jew who owns a little corner deli be required by law to sell pork or risk losing his deli operator’s license, […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1m33hdu on June 30, 2014 at 06:43PM
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from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/V2Zwep on June 30, 2014 at 05:00PM The following appeared on The Upshot while I was on vacation (copyright 2014, The New York Times Company). Although Obamacare’s health insurance expansion has directly provided coverage to only about 4 percent of Americans, changes embedded in the Affordable Care Act could affect many more people, and not […]
from ScienceDirect Publication: Value in Health at http://bit.ly/1r6bDEL on June 30, 2014 at 03:40PM Publication date: Source:Value in Health Author(s): Tim M. Benning , Benedict G.C. Dellaert , Johan L. Severens , Carmen D. Dirksen
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1k60AUt on June 30, 2014 at 10:56AM
from Informa Healthcare: Journal of Medical Economics: Table of Contents at http://bit.ly/1mzo6ck on June 30, 2014 at 12:06PM Journal of Medical Economics, Ahead of Print.
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1mzssjG on June 30, 2014 at 01:30PM I finished reading The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Tiecholz over the weekend. I found a lot of it to be compelling. It raised a lot of questions about the research behind out current strategies for nutrition, weight loss, and the prevention of heart […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1jCdOZ1 on June 30, 2014 at 12:30PM From the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, “Increased fruit and vegetable intake has no discernible effect on weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis“: Background: A common dietary recommendation for weight loss, especially in lay public outlets, is to eat more fruit and […]
from Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog at http://bit.ly/1r3Sa7B on June 30, 2014 at 07:00AM
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1iLeiBp on June 30, 2014 at 03:26AM The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased the likelihood individuals have insurance by: (i) offering states money to expand Medicaid eligibility, and (ii) offering individuals subsidies to purchase insurance through newly created health insurance exchanges. Did it work? A Robert Wood Johnson report examines at […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1mwANVt on June 29, 2014 at 11:05PM Our four days of hiking in the White Mountains was spectacular, though it kicked my butt. Actually, it was my knees that felt kicked. For the first time in my life, they revolted, refusing to take the downhills pain free. It started on […]
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1q3lMAf on June 29, 2014 at 05:18AM
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1q3lMAf on June 29, 2014 at 05:18AM
from Latest Results for Applied Health Economics and Health Policy at http://bit.ly/1nSSrFf on June 29, 2014 at 01:00AM Abstract Background A considerable proportion of patients with asthma remain uncontrolled or symptomatic despite treatment with a high dose of inhaled glucocorticosteroids (ICSs) and long-acting β2-agonists (LABAs). Tiotropium Respimat® added to usual care improves lung function, asthma […]
from Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1lBnTKn on June 28, 2014 at 04:58PM Publication date: Source:Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Simon Luechinger
from Care And Cost at http://bit.ly/1q0xDil on June 28, 2014 at 03:00PM Brian Klepper Published 6/09/14 in Employee Benefit News One of America’s most enduring mysteries is why the organizations that pay for most health care don’t work together to force better value from the health care industry. We pay double for health care what our […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1q0xCel on June 28, 2014 at 03:00PM More than a rock ballad. @afrakt
from Informa Healthcare: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research: Table of Contents at http://bit.ly/1jXxg2g on June 27, 2014 at 07:25AM Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Ahead of Print.
from health-policy-blog at http://bit.ly/1mouGSS on June 28, 2014 at 02:28AM So here is something that has perplexed me for a long time, watching the (largely successful) rollout of health reform (the Affordable Care Act). For months now, many very bright people (pundits, reporters, Legislators) have been fixated on one part of the Affordable Care Act […]
from health-policy-blog at http://bit.ly/1mouEud on June 27, 2014 at 11:56PM In an earlier post, I laid out data I have been accumulating from press reports on job layoffs in the health care sector, mostly affecting hospitals and health systems. Today (6/27), 60 more layoffs were announced in Springfield (MO) by Ozarks Community Hospital. Thus […]
from Latest Results for PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/1pYRtdO on June 28, 2014 at 01:00AM Abstract Background Management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by a sequence of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biological response modifiers (BRMs). In most of the Western countries, the drug sequences are determined based on disease activity and treatment history of the […]
from Forum for Health Economics and Policy at http://bit.ly/URE6AR on June 27, 2014 at 10:26PM Journal Name: Forum for Health Economics & PolicyIssue: Ahead of print
from News at http://bit.ly/1jVQLby on June 27, 2014 at 12:57PM
from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at http://bit.ly/1pWIYjx on June 27, 2014 at 04:22PM Caring for a current or former U.S. servicemember can take a toll on family, friends, and acquaintances. Changes are needed to both provide assistance to caregivers and to help them make plans for the future.
from Latest Results for Applied Health Economics and Health Policy at http://bit.ly/1wFzxHe on June 27, 2014 at 01:00AM Abstract Background Standard health insurance products in India currently exclude conditions related to HIV. Although antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are now publicly funded, the burden of treatment due to hospitalization on people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) […]
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1jUSJJc on June 27, 2014 at 02:35PM Vaccinate your kids. Antibiotic resistance hot spots? Scope bias. The cause of unexplained strokes? USA! USA!
from Brookings: Topics – Health at http://bit.ly/TmAiWW on June 26, 2014 at 05:00PM Nicole Negowetti examines the recent spate of food labeling litigation and explores the reasons for this flood of lawsuits. Negowetti argues that such litigation has exposed problems with the FDA’s regulatory oversight of food labeling, and, more importantly, represents attempts by consumer […]
from Brookings: Topics – Health at http://bit.ly/TmAiWW on June 26, 2014 at 05:00PM Nicole Negowetti examines the recent spate of food labeling litigation and explores the reasons for this flood of lawsuits. Negowetti argues that such litigation has exposed problems with the FDA’s regulatory oversight of food labeling, and, more importantly, represents attempts by consumer […]
from Economics of Cancer Research Group – Blog at http://bit.ly/1lSlr1F on June 26, 2014 at 02:12PM […]
from Informa Healthcare: Journal of Medical Economics: Table of Contents at http://bit.ly/1v9MuXr on June 26, 2014 at 03:06PM Journal of Medical Economics, Ahead of Print.
from health-policy-blog at http://bit.ly/1lZQN7T on June 26, 2014 at 02:06PM After sleeping on it, I have to wonder whether the third revision of the 1st Quarter GDP report actually passes the smell test any more than the first one did. When the first one came out — and it said that health utilization grew by […]
from Value in Health at http://bit.ly/1lZAHLJ on June 26, 2014 at 03:03PM Publication date: Source:Value in Health Author(s): Lucas M.A. Goossens , Cecile M.A. Utens , Frank W.J.M. Smeenk , Bas Donkers , Onno C.P. van Schayck , Maureen P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/TmcTVy on June 26, 2014 at 03:07PM Apart from the exchange litigation, there’s one legal challenge still pending that could threaten the Affordable Care Act as a whole. Nothing is likely to come of it, and nothing should come of it. But you never know. The challenge concerns the Origination […]
from Informa Healthcare: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research: Table of Contents at http://bit.ly/1iJ2lvK on June 26, 2014 at 09:56AM Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Ahead of Print.
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1mgSCHV on June 25, 2014 at 11:52PM
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