Increasing the Expected Value to Society of Clinical Research Studies?
from Medical Decision Making RSS feed — OnlineFirst Articles at http://bit.ly/1KRDGgb on August 28, 2015 at 01:21AM
Month: August 2015
Implementation of Patient Decision Support Interventions in Primary Care: The Role of Relational Coordination
from Medical Decision Making RSS feed — OnlineFirst Articles at http://bit.ly/1KRDFZV on August 28, 2015 at 01:21AM
What is Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement?
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1MS1rJu on August 28, 2015 at 04:47AM Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI)A helpful post from Steven A. Farmer, Meaghan George and Mark B. McClellan explains. Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) is a bundled payment structure for hip and knee replacements. CMS notes that: 2013, there were more than 400,000 inpatient primary […]
Crime Victimisation and Subjective Well-Being: Panel Evidence From Australia
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1Vg2KVv on August 28, 2015 at 04:30AM This paper estimates the effect of physical violence and property crimes on subjective well-being in Australia. Our methodology improves on previous contributions by (i) controlling for the endogeneity of victimisation and (ii) analysing the heterogeneous effect of victimisation along the whole distribution of well-being. […]
Limited Self-control, Obesity, and the Loss of Happiness
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/1Vg2KoF on August 28, 2015 at 04:21AM Is obesity the consequence of an optimally chosen lifestyle or do people consume too much relative to their long-term preferences? The latter perspective accepts that people might face self-control problems when exposed to the immediate gratification from food. We exploit unique survey data for […]
Health workers wasting expensive malaria drugs in Nigeria: Training to use malaria tests does not …
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1PB5tVL on August 27, 2015 at 02:52PM
Public Officials Spent N2 Billion On Medical Trips in 2014
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1PB5usW on August 27, 2015 at 12:15PM
The Debrisoft ® Monofilament Debridement Pad for Use in Acute or Chronic Wounds: A NICE Medical Technology Guidance
from Latest Results for Applied Health Economics and Health Policy at http://bit.ly/1IlLViQ on August 28, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract As part of its Medical Technology Evaluation Programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited a manufacturer to provide clinical and economic evidence for the evaluation of the Debrisoft® monofilament debridement pad for […]
The Authors’ Reply: Comment on “Healthy Decisions: Towards Uncertainty Tolerance in Healthcare Policy”
from Latest Results for PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/1IlACac on August 28, 2015 at 01:00AM
Lenalidomide for the Treatment of Low- or Intermediate-1-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Associated with Deletion 5q Cytogenetic Abnormality: An Evidence Review of the NICE Submission from Celgene
from Latest Results for PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/1KnOxmp on August 28, 2015 at 01:00AM Abstract The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturer of lenalidomide (Celgene) to submit evidence of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the drug for treating adults with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality, as […]
Can We Tame The Wild West of Health Care Pricing?
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1IlAzeG on August 27, 2015 at 08:01PM By TORBEN NIELSEN Health care pricing is like the Wild West and it is only a matter of time before it catches up with us. In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed what many consumers, employers and health plans already knew: […]
Are Physicians Really Dissatisfied With EHRs? Should We Be Concerned?
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1hi70VJ on August 27, 2015 at 06:59PM By IRV LICHTENWALD Microsoft Office was first introduced by Bill Gates at COMDEX, Las Vegas, in August, 1988. Here we are almost exactly 27 years later, and if you plug the words ‘hate,’ ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Office’ into Google, you’ll get more than 4 million results. […]
HOW much bottled water is getting sold?!?!?!
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1JotQVj on August 27, 2015 at 03:29PM Almost $19 billion last year: Mary Clare Carley leaves home each morning with a gallon water jug and carries it wherever she goes to stay hydrated. The 34-year-old teacher doesn’t remember when she last drank water from a tap. Instead she buys Crystal […]
Insured But Not Covered
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/1Ikm9vj on August 27, 2015 at 03:06PM Under the Affordable Care Act, the percent of Americans who lack any health insurance has declined significantly. Put another way – more Americans have health insurance than ever. But having insurance coverage is different than being well covered by insurance. Sometimes a … Continue reading → The […]
Assisted dying: the debate in England
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1NCn2XW on August 27, 2015 at 01:05PM
Does Medicare Advantage have a quality and efficiency advantage?
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1LxXfNv on August 27, 2015 at 11:00AM Either Medicare Advantage is doing something amazing or data limitations are skewing our view of it. I imagine most people’s priors will drive them to interpret the findings of Bruce Landon and colleagues in one of either of those two ways. Medicare Advantage (MA) plans […]
The Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study: further analyses to enhance policy and service delivery decision-making for planned place of birth, Health Services and Delivery Research, Vol:3, Iss:36
from NIHR Journals Library – Last Published at http://bit.ly/1LxPW8r on August 27, 2015 at 01:01AM Authors: Hollowell J, Rowe R, Townend J, Knight M, Li Y, Linsell L, Redshaw M, Brocklehurst P, Macfarlane A, Marlow N, McCourt C, Newburn M, Sandall J, Silvert
What is the cancer incidence rate in your state?
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1LCmIbu on August 27, 2015 at 06:30AM Find out at the CDC’s website. They have incidence information by cancer type and gender for all states between 1999 and 2012. Below is a sample chart you can produce with these data.
Former head of Jackson Health now FIU Health CEO
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1Iibhy4 on August 26, 2015 at 10:00PM
Attorney General recommends potential suitors for Jameson Health System
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1K49ZOD on August 26, 2015 at 07:00PM
Obamacare’s Cadillac tax, explained
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1Vbr6zW on August 26, 2015 at 05:52PM
Walker unveils plan for replacing Obama health care law
from Google Alert – “health economist” at http://bit.ly/1K49Vyd on August 26, 2015 at 01:19PM
PROMs agreement with Sweden signed
from EuroQOL at http://bit.ly/1JwoDYp on August 26, 2015 at 01:45PM The CEO Healthcare of the Stockholm Council in Sweden has signed a PROMs agreement with the EuroQol…
Medical College names founding dean of pharmacy school
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1hGGHJs on August 26, 2015 at 05:52PM
Hutchison honoured as family medicine ‘pioneer’
from NewsFeed at http://bit.ly/1NUYJ4N on August 26, 2015 at 06:22PM Dr. Brian Hutchison has been named one of the Top 20 Pioneers of Family Medicine Research in Canada for his early work in the 1990s using simulated office patients as an innovative research methodology. The award was recently announced by the College of Family Physicians […]
PCORI is Starting to Click. Give It a Chance.
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1MOa7k5 on August 26, 2015 at 08:04PM By STEVE FINDLAY Earlier this month the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) published a sharp-edged piece on PCORI—the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The piece raised some salient issues and it’s timely to take stock of PCORI at the half way point of its authorized funding. […]
Is Your Hospital CIO Acting Like a North Korean Dictator?
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1PyL8ka on August 26, 2015 at 06:34PM By BILL CROUNSE, MD Forgive me, but I simply need to vent. Think for a moment about your hospital or health system’s IT leader. Would you describe this person as controlling or collaborative? Do you even really know? And what difference does it make? In my role at […]
Why Your Doctor Is Thinking About Getting an MBA
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1PyHHtI on August 26, 2015 at 06:05PM By DAVID SHAYWITZ, MD To understand why so many medical students (and pre-meds) (and doctors) contemplate business training, let’s consider two real-life examples: Dr. Bob Kocher and Dr. Bijan Salehizadeh. Both trained as physicians, both are currently healthcare investors, and both shared their stories with […]
Don’t Repeal the Cadillac Plan Tax – Replace It
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1heXF0R on August 26, 2015 at 04:37PM By JOHN C. GOODMAN Beginning in 2018, high-cost, private sector health plans will be subject to a special levy, popularly known as the “Cadillac plan” tax. Under a provision of the Affordable Care Act, health plans must pay a tax equal to 40 percent of […]
Yelping Uncle Sam
from THCB at http://bit.ly/1U6uu1T on August 26, 2015 at 04:04PM By NIAM YARAGHI Yelp recently announced it had reached an agreement with the U.S. General Services Administration to allow agencies to claim their pages and read and respond to reviews. This is yet another move by the current administration to embark on new opportunities provided by information […]
PMAC 2016 World Art Contest now open: How To Choose… For Better Health
from iDSI at http://bit.ly/1WSpexz on August 26, 2015 at 03:27PM The Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2016 World Art Contest is now open for submissions of artworks on the theme “How To Choose… For Better Health”. Entries must be submitted online by 31 October 2015, and can be in one of three categories: Drawings and paintings Photos […]
The TIE daily email is working again
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1Kkh6B8 on August 26, 2015 at 01:19PM TIE’s daily email (to which you can subscribe here) was out for a couple of weeks. Did you notice? Since this may happen again, here’s what you should do if you’re someone who counts on the emails: If you don’t get a TIE […]
No, You Do Not Have to Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/1Jj7iTu on August 26, 2015 at 12:50PM The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2015, The New York Times Company). If there is one health myth that will not die, it is this: You should drink eight glasses of water a day. It’s just not true. There is no science behind […]
Some histories of organ transplantation
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/1NU4b7V on August 26, 2015 at 01:35PM
EUNetHTA update….
from Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog at http://bit.ly/1U5VjmS on August 26, 2015 at 10:25AM
A systematic review and metaethnography to identify how effective, cost-effective, accessible and acceptable self-management support interventions are for men with long-term conditions (SELF-MAN), Health Services and Delivery Research, Vol:3, Iss:34
from NIHR Journals Library – Last Published at http://bit.ly/1K0cZvn on August 25, 2015 at 11:25AM Authors: Galdas P, Darwin Z, Fell J, Kidd L, Bower P, Blickem C, McPherson K, Hunt K, Gilbody S, Richardson G.
Investment into clinical research and development in Welsh hospitals announced
from Google Alert – “health economics” at http://bit.ly/1U5NBcl on August 26, 2015 at 05:52AM
Balancing the health budget: chronic disease investment pays big dividends
from Health economics – Articles – The Conversation at http://bit.ly/1WRI1JF on August 26, 2015 at 05:25AM
Mid-week links
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/1Lw29dL on August 26, 2015 at 07:09AM AirBnB pricing. “You have to learn to love the bomb.” Don’t sell. Transparency or jail? A rheumatoid arthritis vaccine?
Beware of healthcare providers consolidation
from ECONSALUT at http://bit.ly/1Lw28Xp on August 26, 2015 at 07:21AM The Potential Hazards of Hospital Consolidation Implications for Quality, Access, and Price The key message: With the current most substantial consolidation of health care in US history, the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and […]
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