Government may introduce free primary healthcare via public facilities
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1zxQ9jv on December 31, 2014 at 08:15PM
Month: December 2014
Epidemics and Public Goods
from Business and policy through an Economist’s Lens at http://bit.ly/1xgIbhA on December 31, 2014 at 06:18PM In a recent article about Ebola in the Wall Street Journal, Peter Piot, the Director of the London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, referred to epidemics like Ebola as what economists refer to as a public good. For […]
Health Law Helped Adults. Now, What About Children?
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1B4mkeN on December 31, 2014 at 03:33PM The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2014, The New York Times Company). With the Affordable Care Act seemingly off to a good start in its first year, increasing access to insurance coverage for adults, attention is likely to turn to an older program […]
Impacts of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision on Health-Related Outcomes of Young Adults
from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1zvX1Op on December 31, 2014 at 01:27PM Publication date: Source:Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Silvia Barbaresco , Charles J. Courtemanche , Yanling Qi
Homegrown bioterror
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/13S8XS0 on December 31, 2014 at 01:08PM Conventional wisdom says “superbugs” emerge in places like India or Africa and move to the US through global travel. That was certainly the case with the Ebola virus recently and the NDM-1 bacteria from India. However, an interesting research letter in Nature Genetics […]
End of Year Links
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1tjA12V on December 31, 2014 at 07:22AM 12 Common Mistakes in Empirical Social Science Pondering plasticity. “Americans aren’t stupid, they’re ignorant.” Understanding health insurance benefits. What are the benefits of hypertension apps?
Some posts I liked in 2014
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/14b87k5 on December 30, 2014 at 09:00PM Recently, I looked through what I published in 2014, which reminded me of some TIE milestones. Below are some of the TIE events and posts from 2014 I thought worth recalling. (In large part I had forgotten about these, so to me it’s almost […]
m-Health System Support For LHWs Working in Rural Areas
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1vq4n3C on December 30, 2014 at 06:53PM
When Will We Get Black Friday Deals for Health Care?
from Brookings Topics – Health at http://brook.gs/1xvABi9 on December 30, 2014 at 03:38PM Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the biggest shopping day of the year and this year was no exception. While 2014 in-store sales figures are still being calculated (and debated), online sales are available and show consumers spent over $2.5 billion […]
When Will We Get Black Friday Deals for Health Care?
from Brookings Topics – Health at http://brook.gs/1xvABi9 on December 30, 2014 at 03:38PM Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the biggest shopping day of the year and this year was no exception. While 2014 in-store sales figures are still being calculated (and debated), online sales are available and show consumers spent over $2.5 billion […]
Black Lives Matter: Racial Justice in Health
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1A8ciaZ on December 30, 2014 at 03:44PM Black patients receive worse health care at US hospitals, but we are making progress: the racial gap in the quality of health care is decreasing. But James Hamblin argues that although we have been able to improve general quality of care for a […]
Does your mortality rate increase when your doctor is out of town?
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1A75dYd on December 30, 2014 at 07:42AM According to a paper by Jena et al. (2014), the answer is no. The paper examines 30-day mortality rates for Medicare patients admitted to the hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart failure and compares “…mortality and treatment differences…during dates of national cardiology […]
Progress in measuring family spillover effects for economic evaluations
from Informa Healthcare: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research: Table of Contents at http://bit.ly/1zNyGIW on December 29, 2014 at 11:44AM Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Ahead of Print.
Crystal Clear? The Relationship Between Methamphetamine Use and Sexually Transmitted Infections
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1tfNloV on December 29, 2014 at 10:12AM Public health officials have cited methamphetamine control as a tool with which to decrease HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, based on previous research that finds a strong positive correlation between methamphetamine use and risky sexual behavior. However, the observed correlation may not be […]
‘The Day Health Insurance Is Launched in Nigeria Would Probably Be My Happiest One’
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1xtO75G on December 29, 2014 at 12:56PM
The Letter You Never Want to Get on Christmas Eve
from Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review at http://bit.ly/1tviNFs on December 29, 2014 at 09:40PM I was reading the December 18th issue of Inside Health Insurance Exchanges and came across an article entitled, "New Kids on the Block Come Out Swinging; Co-Ops Lower Rates for Many Health Plans." The gist of the article had to […]
Medicaid Expansions for the Working Age Disabled: Revisiting the Crowd-out of Private Health Insurance
from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1wXFXUF on December 29, 2014 at 03:56PM Publication date: Source:Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Kathryn L. Wagner
Hungry Today, Unhappy Tomorrow? Childhood Hunger and Subjective Wellbeing Later in Life
from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1wXFXnJ on December 29, 2014 at 03:56PM Publication date: Source:Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Marco Bertoni
Incorporating sign-dependence in health-related social welfare functions
from Informa Healthcare: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research: Table of Contents at http://bit.ly/1xsrONZ on December 29, 2014 at 11:40AM Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, Ahead of Print.
Abstract
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1vm7Gc3 on December 29, 2014 at 08:19AM
The possibilities of day surgery system development within the health policy in Slovakia
from Health Economics Review – Latest Articles at http://bit.ly/1wvsK02 on December 28, 2014 at 12:00PM
What is attribute non-attendance?
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1AYjNTj on December 29, 2014 at 03:03AM In discrete choice experiments (DCEs), respondents are asked to choose amoung different options which vary across different attributes. For instance, a DCE on mobile phone preferences could have processor speed, battery life, screen size and cost as attributes. A DCE looking at different treatments […]
Health insurance no cure-all
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1zpHyiX on December 27, 2014 at 09:00PM
Pear packing publications
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1vAcuvA on December 27, 2014 at 01:15PM Via Aaron Schwartz The paper is here and a subsequent one with a title almost as good is here. And, if that’s not enough, consider “A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors.” @afrakt
EYITAYO LAMBO: NHIS was my finest moment as Health minister
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/145Dzjy on December 26, 2014 at 11:03PM
A case for treating both mind and body
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1BbkRBl on December 26, 2014 at 02:03PM
A case for treating both mind and body
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1rnz7qC on December 26, 2014 at 08:03AM
Quotation of the Day
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1xjfVts on December 26, 2014 at 06:10AM …in the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together. Vinod Khosla
SAS – Healthcare Informatics Analysts to $128K
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/13GVAUF on December 25, 2014 at 09:00AM
Aggregation and The Estimated Effects of Economic Conditions on Health
from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1xgAV4c on December 25, 2014 at 03:52PM Publication date: Source:Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Jason M. Lindo
Slash sword hangs over health kitty
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1ALe5UF on December 24, 2014 at 09:45PM
The Final Cavalcade of Risk
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1xcetJo on December 24, 2014 at 05:09PM Today is a big day. Sure, it’s Christmas Eve Day. But it’s also the 224rd and final edition of the Cavalcade of Risk. For those not familiar with CoR,
Public Health Insurance and Disparate Eligibility of Spouses:The Medicare Eligibility Gap
from ScienceDirect Publication: Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1A4Vz9O on December 24, 2014 at 03:51PM Publication date: Source:Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Allison Witman Graphical abstract Highlights
Opioid use and policy in the US, a history
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1sXAgRc on December 24, 2014 at 12:00PM The post below originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2014, The New York Times Company), where you can also see a related timeline assembled by Nadia Taha. I thank Jenny Gilbert for research assistance, Alan Flippin for editing, Keith Humphreys, Peter Friedmann, and an anonymous scholar […]
A Systematic Review on Cost Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions in the United States
from Latest Results for Applied Health Economics and Health Policy at http://bit.ly/1wF4RrW on December 25, 2014 Abstract Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focus on funding HIV prevention interventions likely to have high impact on the HIV epidemic. In its most recent funding announcement to state and local health department grantees, CDC […]
Potential Savings in Prescription Drug Costs for Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, and Diabetes Mellitus by Equivalent Drug Substitution in Austria: A Nationwide Cohort Study
from Latest Results for Applied Health Economics and Health Policy at http://bit.ly/1wF4QUU on December 24, 2014 Abstract Background Healthcare systems spend considerable proportions of their budgets on pharmaceutical treatment of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. From data on almost all residents of Austria, a country with mandatory health insurance and universal health coverage, we estimated […]
Fewer U.S. Teens in Tanning Salons, Study Finds
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1wErGfg on December 23, 2014 at 09:00PM
UK research rankings…
from Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog at http://bit.ly/1vmAjqB on December 24, 2014 at 07:00AM
WELFARE REFORM AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1x2yBPj on December 23, 2014 at 08:29AM This study investigates the effect of the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program on children’s health outcomes using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation over the period 1994 to 2005. The TANF policies have been credited with increased employment for […]
FUTURE COSTS, FIXED HEALTHCARE BUDGETS, AND THE DECISION RULES OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1sWxI5O on December 23, 2014 at 08:28AM Life-saving medical technologies result in additional demand for health care due to increased life expectancy. However, most economic evaluations do not include all medical costs that may result from this additional demand in health care and include only future costs of related illnesses. Although […]
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