from Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review at http://bit.ly/1HEL7Wz on May 31, 2015 at 10:05PM The California Press Gets a Critique It Has Long Deserved Covered California, the Obamacare state-run health insurance exchange has long been the subject of occasional posts on this blog––none of them flattering. The constant spin in the face of facts […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1AGy3Tk on May 31, 2015 at 08:09PM
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from Latest Results for PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/1FLSKwf on May 31, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract Multi-attribute utility-based instruments (MAUIs) assess health status and provide an index score on the full health-dead scale, and are widely used to support reimbursement decisions for new healthcare interventions worldwide. A valuation study is a key part of the development of […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1Gd5v6u on May 30, 2015 at 09:08PM
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from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1K10VYx on May 30, 2015 at 08:43AM
from Latest Results for Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/1eGX9Yk on May 31, 2015 at 01:00AM
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1J9MvWM on May 30, 2015 at 03:00PM Via Language Log: @afrakt
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1K0JpDO on May 30, 2015 at 09:05AM
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from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1QhgScO on May 30, 2015 at 01:23PM
from News at http://bit.ly/1HZgDkD on May 30, 2015 at 01:00PM It is with great sadness that we announce to the LDI community the untimely death of Seema Sonnad, a dear friend, a colleague and a mentor. We extend our condolences to her husband, Henry Glick, professor of medicine and LDI senior fellow. Seema was an […]
from Health Economics Review – Latest Articles at http://bit.ly/1AAjH7j on May 30, 2015 at 01:00PM
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1BvIYuc on May 30, 2015 at 05:32AM Income elasticity for vaccines. Commuting time and health. Can the police get my medical information without a warrant? Life is complicated. “an insurer’s idiosyncratic view of medical necessity is unlikely to carry the day”
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1QgsCfK on May 29, 2015 at 11:20PM
from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes – Latest Articles at http://bit.ly/1AzwJ4R on May 30, 2015 at 01:00AM
from Latest Results for The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1HTcOAs on May 30, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract We use the implementation of the new rural cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) in China to investigate the effect of health insurance on maternal nutrition and child health. Given the uneven roll-out of the NCMS across rural […]
from Latest Results for The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1HTcOAs on May 30, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract We use the implementation of the new rural cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) in China to investigate the effect of health insurance on maternal nutrition and child health. Given the uneven roll-out of the NCMS across rural […]
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1LS83Fc on May 29, 2015 at 04:56PM
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1RvpXRP on May 29, 2015 at 06:20PM Twice in the last few weeks I was all riled up and feeling the need to blast out posts on how everyone needed to stop freaking out and pay attention to real risks and not the scream du jour. But before I could even get […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1PSPx5W on May 29, 2015 at 06:17PM In 2012, NEJM published a randomized study of how physicians use financial conflicts of interest (COI) disclosures, by Aaron Kesselheim and eight others. From the paper’s introduction/background and that which it cites, we learn the following: Echoing my struggles in this area, COI disclosure […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/1GJLymf on May 29, 2015 at 05:51PM Paying someone to mow your lawn is a pretty straightforward affair. Ryan the lawn guy will look at the lawn size and maybe the hilliness of your yard and you’ll settle on a price for mowing and trimming it. When … Continue reading → The […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1ACFxXy on May 29, 2015 at 05:33PM This paper investigates the nature and consequences of sample attrition in a unique longitudinal survey of medical doctors. We describe the patterns of non-response and examine if attrition affects the econometric analysis of medical labour market outcomes using the estimation of physician earnings equations […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1EEOc6Y on May 29, 2015 at 05:27PM In Germany, individuals in need of long-term care receive support through benefits of the long-term care insurance. A central goal of the insurance is to support informal care provided by family members. Care recipients can choose between benefits in kind (formal home care services) […]
from The Health Care Blog at http://bit.ly/1HAwFi9 on May 29, 2015 at 03:17PM By NAMRATHA KANDULA, MD and MATTHEW WYNIA, MD How often do doctors say something like this to patients? “It’s really important for you to do this; if you don’t you might … have a stroke, go blind, lose a leg, die or (insert […]
from The Health Care Blog at http://bit.ly/1FHTHFR on May 29, 2015 at 02:36PM By MITCH COLLINS Is it just me or has there been a deafening silence from the wellness proponents of forced HRA/biometric screening since Dr. Atul Gawande’s article Overkill appeared? Two salient quotes from the article capture the issue. The first about over screening and […]
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1HRJWbG on May 29, 2015 at 06:38AM
from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/1Qf7iHB on May 29, 2015 at 10:11AM Article in The Conversation
from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/1JbPfS1 on May 29, 2015 at 09:48AM Rowena Jacobs featured on BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme
from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/1Qf7iHB on May 29, 2015 at 10:11AM Article in The Conversation
from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/1JbPfS1 on May 29, 2015 at 09:48AM Rowena Jacobs featured on BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme
from ScienceDirect Publication: Value in Health at http://bit.ly/1KCmUX7 on May 29, 2015 at 10:44AM Publication date: Source:Value in Health Author(s): Tsung-Tai Chen , Tao-Hsin Tung , Ya-Seng (Arthur) Hsueh , Ming-Han Tsai , Hsiu-Mei Liang , Kay-Lun Li , Kuo-Piao Chung , Chao-Hsiun Tang
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1SGigcU on May 29, 2015 at 12:00PM Yesterday, Austin flagged two lawsuits that have been filed in California against Anthem Blue Cross over its refusal to pay for Harvoni to treat Hepatitis C. Setting aside the question of whether Harvoni is cost-effective—check out Allan Joseph on that—what are the lawsuits […]
from Latest Results for PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/1FdZa3G on May 29, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited Dendreon, the company manufacturing sipuleucel-T, to submit evidence for the clinical and cost effectiveness of sipuleucel-T for asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, metastatic, non-visceral hormone-relapsed prostate cancer patients in whom chemotherapy is […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1HQV74j on May 29, 2015 at 09:56AM
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1ECaUwt on May 29, 2015 at 04:37AM Form a paper in Nature: Noë, a primate behavioural ecologist now at the Hubert Curien Multidisciplinary Institute in Strasbourg, France, had come up with a biological market-based theory of cooperation. It proposed that animals cooperate to trade a specific commodity — such as food […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1JY3AlH on May 29, 2015 at 02:29AM
from Latest Results for The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1LOf3Ts on May 29, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract Background The friction cost approach (FCA) has been proposed as an alternative to the human capital approach for productivity cost valuation. However, FCA estimates are context dependent and influenced by extant macroeconomic conditions. We applied the […]
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