from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2COisDj on February 28, 2018 at 08:55PM Heathcare Triage: Preventive Care is Good, Even Though It’s Not Saving Money 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. Unfortunately, that doesn’t pan out […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2FbwNi7 on February 28, 2018 at 08:36PM Abstract Purpose To investigate the validity of direct and indirect health state utility (HSU) and subjective well-being measures in psoriasis vulgaris patients. Methods A convenience sampling framework was used to successively recruit patients with psoriasis vulgaris from the outpatient clinics of a […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/2oEhbtu on February 28, 2018 at 07:37PM Shutterstock If you get health insurance through your job, beware: you might be picking up more of the cost of your medical care than you realize. With increasing frequency, employers are directing their workers to the kind of high deductible, high out-of-pocket insurance plans that […]
from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2oC7Web on February 28, 2018 at 07:19PM Personalizing Patient Care Under Uncertainty:Techniques to Inform Development of Clinical Guidelines and Treatment Choice Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Personalizing Patient Care Under Uncertainty: Techniques to Inform Development of Clinical Guidelines and Treatment Choice A […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2oCsMZS on February 28, 2018 at 03:09PM By NIRAN AL AGBA, MD You may have heard that before you pick a doctor you are supposed to look them up online and see what other people have to say about them before you set up an appointment. In the Age of Amazon this […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/2oDj4qk on February 28, 2018 at 02:02PM (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) It has been well publicized that premiums for Obamacare insurance plans have been rising at a disturbing rate. Local news is filled with reports of 21.5%, 36.3% and even higher price hikes. President Trump complained in February that Obamacare premiums “have increased by double and triple […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/2HT07Zs on February 28, 2018 at 02:02PM Shutterstock He came to the ER with chest pain, shortness of breath, and atrial fibrillation with a heart rate of almost 120 beats per minute. It wasn’t a heart attack, and it wasn’t some rare disease. He was emergently ill because his physician overreacted to […]
from PeterUbel.com at http://bit.ly/2oE9qnn on February 28, 2018 at 02:02PM Shutterstock The last four decades have witnessed an explosion of thyroid cancer diagnoses in the U.S. People are three times more likely to receive cancer diagnoses now than they were in 1975. Why? Is it chemicals in the water supply? A side effect of all […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2CNfKhm on February 28, 2018 at 01:42PM Help me learn new things in 2018 – Rome! This post is part of a series in which I’m dedicating a month to learning about periods in history this year. The full schedule can be found here. This is month one. (tl;dr at the bottom of […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2BYQHv4 on February 28, 2018 at 01:39PM Might liver exchange be attempted in the U.S.? (Maybe at Penn?). Here’s a forthcoming article that considers how the challenges would be similar and different from the development of kidney exchange. Liver Paired Exchange: Can the Liver Emulate the Kidney? by Ashish Mishra, Alexis […]
from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2EZuZJX on February 28, 2018 at 11:57AM Quality of life is a clinical highly relevant outcome for residents with dementia. The question arises whether small scaled homelike facilities are associated with better quality of life than regular larger sc…
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2FBJ4u4 on February 28, 2018 at 08:00AM Which Medicare initiatives use quality measures? Written By: Jason Shafrin – Feb• 28•18 In December, CMS listed its quality measures that it is considering for incorporation into some of their value-based payment programs and quality reporting programs. However, which Medicare quality reporting and payment […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2F9Upnf on February 27, 2018 at 06:28PM Robert Dubois, National Pharmaceutical Council chief science officer and executive vice president, recently spoke on some of the trade-offs involved with allocation of health care resources. Dubois in his comments drew a parallel to the movie Groundhog Day, such that some […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2CpGR6m on February 27, 2018 at 05:58PM Pricing models must evolve in tandem with drug innovation, according to an article published on eyeforpharma. However, in a “cash-strapped healthcare system,” the difficulty in developing and implementing innovative payment models is a “mountainous challenge.” Numerous companies are reportedly taking up […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2CMWdxw on February 27, 2018 at 05:28PM The National Pharmaceutical Council has launched a new research initiative, dubbed Going Below the Surface, aimed at analyzing the drivers of U.S. health care spending. “The goal is to provide clarity on how we can optimize our health spending while simultaneously […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2CNlVSj on February 27, 2018 at 04:58PM A recent report by the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) found 2017 was a solid year for precision medicine. According to a report on Results Healthcare, some 16 new personalized medicine products received Food and Drug Administration approval out of 46 products. […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2BWKVdo on February 27, 2018 at 04:36PM Abstract Purpose The objectives of this study were to survey the frequency of engaging in a health-promoting lifestyle in patients with liver cirrhosis, and examine the mediating effects of a health-promoting lifestyle on relationships of symptoms and psychological distress with the quality […]
from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2t40WLM on February 27, 2018 at 04:11PM The Child Health Evaluative Sciences program of SickKid’s Research Institute will be giving a 3-day workshop on Decision modelling using R. Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Dear all We are happy to announce that […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2CL9Hd3 on February 27, 2018 at 03:29PM BY RYAN MARLING Americans on average will visit a care provider about 300 times over the course of their lives. That’s hundreds of blood pressure readings, numerous diagnoses, and hundreds of entries into a patient’s medical record—and that’s potentially with dozens of different doctors. So […]
from ISPOR News & Press Releases at http://bit.ly/2CmcBco on February 27, 2018 at 12:17PM Value in Health Report Quantifies Women’s Preferences Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—February 27, 2018—Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR (the professional society for health economics and outcomes research), announced today the publication of new research suggesting that, on average, most women […]
from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2HQfT7t on February 27, 2018 at 11:07AM The studies measured Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) for hospital births previously suffer from serious data limitations. To overcome such limitations, we designed a hospital-based study for measuring the lev…
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2oEsd1V on February 27, 2018 at 11:03AM Martin Bichler writes: We are excited about the successful formation of the Auctions and Market Design Section of INFORMS! Please visit and bookmark the INFORMS Auctions and Market Design homepage.Events organized by the new INFORMS Section in 2018 include:Cluster on Auctions and Market Design at the INFORMS […]
from PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/2EWPwe3 on February 27, 2018 at 09:30AM Abstract Background The recently completed ALEX trial demonstrated that alectinib improved progression-free survival, and delayed time to central nervous system progression compared with crizotinib in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small-cell lung cancer. However, the long-term clinical and economic impact of using alectinib vs. crizotinib […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2oyjbTK on February 27, 2018 at 09:06AM Abstract This paper used microdata from the 2013–2015 American Community Survey to examine differences in federal government, state and local government, private sector, and self-employment among employed veterans and nonveterans. The U.S. federal and state governments have hiring preferences to benefit veterans, especially disabled […]
from Health Economics and Decision Science Blog @ ScHARR at http://bit.ly/2Csdy30 on February 27, 2018 at 08:30AM HEDS are running a one day course An introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research on Tuesday 15th May at Halifax Hall in Sheffield. Background: The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present […]
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2HQTfvI on February 27, 2018 at 07:57AM Defining which cancer treatments are the “best” is not as easy as you think. At first glance, treatments that produce the largest survival gains should be considered best. Most cancer treatments come with serious side effects. Thus, new treatments that better improve survival may […]
from THCB at http://bit.ly/2F7yHAs on February 27, 2018 at 01:29AM By MATTHEW HOLT & KIM KRUEGER TL;DR Accessing and using APIs from major EMR vendors has proved a real problem in the past — in 2016, Health 2.0 (with support from CHCF) collected the data to prove it. This year, we’re updating the survey and are […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2Fw03Ol on February 26, 2018 at 09:36PM Abstract Purpose To investigate the relationship between retrospectively and contemporaneously collected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and the influence on this relationship of patients’ age and socio-economic status and the length of time. Methods Patients undergoing hip or knee replacement in four hospitals […]
from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at http://bit.ly/2CIUyJo on February 26, 2018 at 07:02PM This Friday we are pleased to welcome Myra Yazbeck of University of Ottawa Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Dear All, For this week’s CCHE Health Economics Series, we are pleased to welcome Myra Yazbeck, this […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2F36Ott on February 26, 2018 at 06:40PM Publication date: Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Cari Jo Clark, Gemma Ferguson, Binita Shrestha, Prabin N. Shrestha, J. Michael Oakes, Jhumka Gupta, Susi McGhee, Yuk Fai Cheong, Kathryn M. Yount
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2ET37Y3 on February 26, 2018 at 06:16PM A report by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Special Task Force on U.S. Value Assessment Frameworks takes a look at the role value assessments play in the U.S. health care system. The report is one in a […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2BQzeEU on February 26, 2018 at 06:16PM Three articles in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research focus on the work and recommendations of a CER-centric conference convened last year by the PhRMA Foundation and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. The articles push for steps that aim to […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2GMWEdz on February 26, 2018 at 05:46PM The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research’s latest Value in Health contains several reports from the society’s Special Task Force on U.S. Value Assessment Frameworks. According to a press release, the publications, which appear in a themed section of Value […]
from The Incidental Economist at http://bit.ly/2t00he0 on February 26, 2018 at 05:35PM I’m going to spend March learning about the Fall of Rome and the Dark Ages. You’ve already also given me some great ideas. I want to post them here, so you can help me prioritize what to read. If you think I’m missing something, please […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2BR9Oa9 on February 26, 2018 at 04:46PM A move by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services toward value-based contracting could have a powerful impact on the payer market. A recent write up published on Lexology takes a look at the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2HQ5vww on February 26, 2018 at 04:42PM This paper provides an overview of trends in physical health outcomes of young people over the last several decades. It makes the argument for the importance of physical health and well-being for the individual and society, including its role in education outcomes. The paper […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2GLuT5f on February 26, 2018 at 04:42PM Only recently introduced into the U.S. market, e-cigarettes have been aggressively promoted, and use is increasing rapidly among both adults and youths. At the heart of the regulatory debate are fundamental questions regarding whether e-cigarettes will draw cigarette smokers away from a dangerous habit […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2HQ5too on February 26, 2018 at 04:42PM This is an attempt in examining and carrying out the discussion and debate on regulations and prince control in pharmaceutical industry in the Indian context. Herein the above discussion presented the perspectives of the industry and the welfare of the poor population along with […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2GLyYGs on February 26, 2018 at 04:42PM Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services. Its increase in recent decades can be traced back to unhealthy habits acquired in the household. We investigate whether parental beliefs play a role by eliciting beliefs about the […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2HQ5oB6 on February 26, 2018 at 04:42PM Studies of intergenerational mobility have largely ignored health despite the central importance of health to welfare. We present the first estimates of intergenerational health mobility in the US by using repeated measures of self-reported health status (SRH) during adulthood from the PSID. Our main […]
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