from Brookings Topics – Health at http://bit.ly/1u2Tgme on October 31, 2014 at 09:30PM On October 28, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for the 23rd year in a row to condemn the United States’ tough embargo on Cuba as a unilateral interference in free trade. Coincidentally, the UN system is tackling the devastating spread […]

from Brookings Topics – Health at http://bit.ly/1u2Tgme on October 31, 2014 at 09:30PM On October 28, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for the 23rd year in a row to condemn the United States’ tough embargo on Cuba as a unilateral interference in free trade. Coincidentally, the UN system is tackling the devastating spread […]

from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/1pbS7aF on October 31, 2014 at 02:54PM CHE’s latest research papers

from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/1pbS7aF on October 31, 2014 at 02:54PM CHE’s latest research papers

from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1q9hmoY on October 31, 2014 at 11:15AM

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from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1pbAqbg on October 31, 2014 at 03:51PM A few more patients are cured of Ebola in the US, and placebos can help kids with the cold. This is Healthcare Triage News: Some further reading for those who are interested: Why is Ebola less deadly in America than in Africa? Placebo […]

from Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review at http://bit.ly/1wkDJ0x on October 31, 2014 at 02:13PM That was the lead in a Reuters story this morning saying, "health plans expect at least 20% growth in customers and in some states anticipate more than a doubling in sign-ups" from the 2015 Obamacare open-enrollment. Well they better do […]

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1ucaY7x on October 31, 2014 at 11:00AM Those stories of how people are now going to taint kids’ candy with pot are driving me crazy. There’s… no evidence for that. There’s also no evicende that strangers poison kids’ Halloween candy in general. I think this will have to be a […]

from Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog at http://bit.ly/1wN6y5F on October 31, 2014 at 10:51AM

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1toBXJl on October 31, 2014 at 10:00AM This post is co-authored by Bill Gardner and Austin Frakt. In PoliticoMagazine, Sarah Varney details the consequences of Mississippi’s rejection of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion. The background is that it is hard to find a list of state public health […]

from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1wLNCDE on October 30, 2014 at 06:26PM

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from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1p9fuSa on October 31, 2014 at 03:39AM Hollywood explains economics. The science on Ebola. Being mortal. GOP, the Senate and ACA. Recent research on ACOs.

from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1wP9BvX on October 31, 2014 at 12:45AM

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from Business and policy through an Economist’s Lens at http://bit.ly/1rXPbK8 on October 31, 2014 at 12:27AM It’s another Thursday evening.  I am sitting at the Mt Pleasant Ice Rink in northern Baltimore City.  This has become a habit on Thursday evenings when I am available.  My middle son participates in the Baltimore Figure Skating Club […]

from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1wK6BOK on October 30, 2014 at 04:35PM

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from Centre for Health Economics – Upcoming seminars at http://bit.ly/1tkOFdQ on October 30, 2014 at 02:50PM Tuesday 4 November 2014: Noemi Kreif PhD, Research Fellow in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

from Centre for Health Economics – Upcoming seminars at http://bit.ly/1tkOEX7 on October 30, 2014 at 02:50PM Thursday 11 December 2014: Zack Cooper, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and of Economics, Director of Health Policy, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University

from News at http://bit.ly/1ziva97 on October 30, 2014 at 12:39PM University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine and LDI Senior Fellow Baligh Yehia is prominently featured in a Daily Pennsylvanian article about the Penn Medicine’s highly rated program for LGBT health. In its latest annual LGBT Health Equity Index Report, Human […]

from ASHEcon at http://bit.ly/1ziv7dq on October 30, 2014 at 11:53AM New Opportunities for AHRQ Large Research and Demonstration Grant Applications for Standing AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs). Notice Number: NOT-HS-14-018 Key Dates Release Date: October 6, 2014 Related Announcements PA-14-290 PA-14-291 Issued by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ Purpose This Notice informs the […]

from ASHEcon at http://bit.ly/103vw4d on October 30, 2014 at 11:43AM The University of Central Florida, Department of Health Management and Informatics invites candidates for multiple faculty positions. The University of Central Florida (UCF), Department of Health Management & Informatics (HMI), invites applications for a non-tenure, tenure track assistant, and tenured associate, or full professor position […]

from ASHEcon at http://bit.ly/103vucL on October 30, 2014 at 11:36AM Nominations and applications are invited for the position of Director of the Division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) in the School of Public Health (SPH) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). An engaged leader is sought to enhance ongoing research, teaching and […]

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/103vvgC on October 30, 2014 at 12:43PM Even more evidence that the milk emperor has no clothes. “Milk intake and risk of mortality and fractures in women and men: cohort studies“: Objective To examine whether high milk consumption is associated with mortality and fractures in women and men. Design Cohort […]

from News at http://bit.ly/1rVoyWl on October 30, 2014 at 11:43AM The October, 2013, U.S. government shutdown cut off federally-funded health-related programs and services across the country as well as those agencies’ social media channels. In a study in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), a team of LDI-connected researchers analyze patterns of social media […]

from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1wIHHAa on October 30, 2014 at 10:55AM Google’s new alternative to Gmail is here, and it’s called Inbox, available by invitation only at the moment. You can see Google’s pitch here and read how-to use guides here and here. My tweets on Inbox are here. Below is my review, of […]

from Google Alert – “economics of health” at http://bit.ly/1zMJyHH on October 30, 2014 at 07:41AM

from Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog at http://bit.ly/1p5aQVf on October 30, 2014 at 08:33AM

from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1rBvpDg on October 29, 2014 at 09:11PM