from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at http://bit.ly/2rTHSix on January 31, 2018 at 10:15PM Care patterns for pediatric asthma can help identify differences between types of patients – and possible ways to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at http://bit.ly/2GAYxun on January 31, 2018 at 10:15PM CLBP is expensive in terms of healthcare costs and lost productivity. Mind-body interventions have been found effective for back pain, but their cost-effectiveness is unexplored.
from Health Care Policy and Marketplace … at http://bit.ly/2BKk4gU on January 31, 2018 at 09:57PM I found it incredible that health care stocks tanked on Tuesday in response to an announcement from the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase CEOs that they were, as employer payers, going to become game changers in the health care […]
from PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/2nqbHmc on January 31, 2018 at 07:21PM Abstract Background Severe hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor of death in patients with coronary heart disease. New adjunctive drug therapies (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 [PCSK9] inhibitors) have gained approval in Europe and the USA. Objective In this empirical study, we documented preferences regarding […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2npGSOD on January 31, 2018 at 06:12PM By MARGALIT GUR-ARIE Dear primary care doctor, Jeff Bezos is about to devour your lunch. All of it. And then he’ll eat the table, the plates, the napkins and the utensils too, so you’ll never have lunch ever again. Oh yeah, and they’ll also finally […]
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2Fxuhzu on January 31, 2018 at 05:31PM What did you think of the State of the Union address? I won’t get into all the policies and positions put forth by President Trump, but I will review his statements related to health care. And we are serving our brave veterans, including giving […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2DRnjsK on January 31, 2018 at 05:14PM The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2018, The New York Times Company). The idea that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care spending is widely believed and often promoted as a reason to support reform. It’s thought that too many people with […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2nrbsao on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Barbara Ribeiro, Sarah Hartley, Brigitte Nerlich, Rusi Jaspal
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2BJKqzC on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Gavin J. Andrews
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2ntPQuj on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Mengcen Qian, Shin-Yi Chou, Mary E. Deily, Jin-Tan Liu
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2BHcvHL on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Ernestina Coast, Alison Norris, Ann M. Moore, Emily Freeman
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2noNiNF on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): M. Biggeri, M. Nannini, G. Putoto
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2BG1iqZ on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Maureen Mackintosh, Paula Tibandebage, Mercy Karimi Njeru, Joan Kariuki Kungu, Caroline Israel, Phares G.M. Mujinja
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2nmjIZu on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Jesse Bonwitt, Michael Dawson, Martin Kandeh, Rashid Ansumana, Foday Sahr, Hannah Brown, Ann H. Kelly
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2BGK7W2 on January 31, 2018 at 05:09PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Sarah Alami, Jonathan Stieglitz, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven
from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at http://bit.ly/2GA2jVc on January 31, 2018 at 04:27PM Journal of Health Economics article written by Martin Chalkley and Stefan Listl
from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2rPBWqE on January 31, 2018 at 03:48PM We are pleased to welcome Lusine Abrahamyan for a follow-up workshop on survey methods. Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Dear All, As part of the Canadian Centre for Health Economics (CCHE) Friday Health Economics Series, we […]
from feed/http://bit.ly/1sYYZLQ at http://bit.ly/2GzDnNc on January 31, 2018 at 01:17PM A recent paper examines EQ-5D-5L outcomes in patients with overactive bladder and compares them to results on the OAB-5D, a condition-specific measure.
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2DYFonZ on January 31, 2018 at 01:12PM A recent Senate report (which I haven’t seen) has generated a lot of news coverage to the effect that fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance (i.e. a drug that may not be legally sold without a prescription in the U.S.) that is implicated in […]
from OHE News at http://bit.ly/2GzDnNc on January 31, 2018 at 12:30PM A recent paper examines EQ-5D-5L outcomes in patients with overactive bladder and compares them to results on the OAB-5D, a condition-specific measure.
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2DXX3w7 on January 31, 2018 at 12:12PM The following originally appeared on The Upshot (copyright 2018, The New York Times Company). You may not need another reason to retire early, but I’ll give you one anyway: It could lengthen your life. That’s the thrust from various research in recent years, and also […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2rSSgqZ on January 31, 2018 at 11:57AM By DANIEL STONE, MD Why would the last certifiably sane occupant of the White House consider a run for the Vice-Presidency, an office that Vice-President John Nance Garner derided as “not worth a pitcher of warm spit” and John Adams scorned as “the most insignificant […]
from News at http://bit.ly/2GzDnNc on January 31, 2018 at 11:57AM A recent paper examines EQ-5D-5L outcomes in patients with overactive bladder and compares them to results on the OAB-5D, a condition-specific measure.
from Health Policy at http://bit.ly/2rThNQD on January 31, 2018 at 11:01AM Publication date: Source:Health Policy Author(s): Barend W. Florijn
from Health Policy at http://bit.ly/2GuhAGN on January 31, 2018 at 11:01AM Publication date: Source:Health Policy Author(s): Chelsea Cox
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2E4Bb2d on January 31, 2018 at 10:39AM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 200 Author(s): Pieter van Baal, Alec Morton, Johan L. Severens
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2FxHLLz on January 31, 2018 at 10:39AM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 200 Author(s): Aviad Raz, Karin R. Jongsma, Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty, Elisabeth Späth, Bosmat Bar-Nadav, Ella Vaintropov, Silke Schicktanz
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2DYk1TN on January 31, 2018 at 10:39AM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 200 Author(s): Laura Gauer Bermudez, Lauren Parks, Sarah R. Meyer, Liberata Muhorakeye, Lindsay Stark
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2FyEhbQ on January 31, 2018 at 10:39AM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 200 Author(s): Anna Gkiouleka, Tim Huijts, Jason Beckfield, Clare Bambra
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2E4fFdC on January 31, 2018 at 10:39AM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 200 Author(s): Emily Hammad Mrig, Karen Lutfey Spencer
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2rT0nDU on January 31, 2018 at 09:01AM Summary The health concentration curve is the standard graphical tool to depict socioeconomic health inequality in the literature on health inequality. This paper shows that testing for the absence of socioeconomic health inequality is equivalent to testing if the conditional expectation of health on […]
from Health Economics and Decision Science Blog @ ScHARR at http://bit.ly/2nob8Jr on January 31, 2018 at 08:30AM Information Resources Group (part of our HEDS Group) are once again running our "Instant Evidence Based Medicine" course. "How to quickly synthesise research" will take place in Sheffield on Tuesday 13th February 2018. This course will introduce participants […]
from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2BGLWCf on January 31, 2018 at 07:51AM The original article contained the following errors:
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2nmZFd5 on January 31, 2018 at 12:31AM Three companies have recently partnered with the aim of improving employee satisfaction and reducing costs for their U.S. employees healthcare. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & Co recently announced their partnership and say their initial focus will be on technology […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2Etq4O5 on January 30, 2018 at 11:31PM Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and Boehringer Ingelheim recently into an outcomes-based contract for diabetic medication, Jardiance. Find out more here.
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2DRrc0D on January 30, 2018 at 09:01PM Interesting thought experiment, especially in light of the recent Amazon+JP Morgan+Berkshire Hathaway collaboration. The N.Y. Times states that: Planning for the new company is being led by Marvelle Sullivan Berchtold, a JPMorgan managing director who was previously head of the Swiss drugmaker Novartis’s […]
from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at http://bit.ly/2DOuSw2 on January 30, 2018 at 08:10PM An intervention to improve mental health and communication among military spouses worried about their partners’ drinking reduced depression more effectively for spouses who also drank heavily.
from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at http://bit.ly/2Ep79Ux on January 30, 2018 at 08:10PM RAND Europe’s annual review, Spotlight on 2017, features some of the objective research and analysis we do to help policy and decision makers keep pace with an ever-changing world.
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2npSPD2 on January 30, 2018 at 04:54PM That’s the title of a new piece of mine that came out in JAMA this morning. It’s pretty timely: a lawsuit was filed last week challenging CMS’s approval of Kentucky’s waiver, which includes work requirements. More waivers, and more litigation, are sure to […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2EpY1iu on January 30, 2018 at 03:57PM By, SAURABH JHA The good that doctors do is oft interred by a single error. The case of Dr. Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a trainee pediatrician in the NHS, convicted for homicide for the death of a child from sepsis, and hounded by the General Medical Council, […]
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