from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2BV7Kj4 on August 28, 2018 at 12:42PM Publication date: Available online 27 August 2018 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Bridget M. Haas, Kristen A. Berg, Megan M. Schmidt-Sane, Jill E. Korbin, James C. Spilsbury Abstract Rationale Child maltreatment remains a serious but potentially preventable public health concern in […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2onTNkh on August 28, 2018 at 12:42PM Publication date: Available online 27 August 2018 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Yulin Hswen, Kara C. Sewalk, Emily Alsentzer, Gaurav Tuli, John S. Brownstein, Jared B. Hawkins Abstract Rationale Persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) face health […]
from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2PJx9Py on August 28, 2018 at 11:21AM Ghana introduced capitation payment under National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), beginning with pilot in the Ashanti region, in 2012 with a key objective of controlling utilization and related cost. This stu…
from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2wpqm4M on August 28, 2018 at 11:21AM To estimate both the number of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) eligible annually for second-line therapy following sorafenib in Germany and the healthcare costs accrued by patients meeting eligibi…
from ISPOR News & Press Releases at http://bit.ly/2NpTqQT on August 28, 2018 at 06:27AM His Excellency (HE) Dr Amin Al Ameeri of United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health and Prevention to Deliver Keynote Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—August 28, 2018—ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), announced that HE Dr Amin Al Ameeri, […]
from Health Economics and Decision Science Blog @ ScHARR at http://bit.ly/2NnnZGV on August 28, 2018 at 06:00AM To help us keep on top of current research in low and middle-income countries, we are running a monthly search of research that is aligned to our core research interests. It’s a simple search strategy, with those published […]
from PharmacoEconomics at http://bit.ly/2PdmzPY on August 28, 2018 at 03:30AM Abstract Background Families and friends provide a considerable proportion of care for patients and elderly people. Caregiving can have substantial effects on caregivers’ lives, health, and well-being. However, because clinical trials rarely assess these effects, no information on caregiver burden is available when evaluating the […]
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from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2LxvhX0 on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this association in times of growth and recession. We develop a novel decomposition method that focuses on isolating the roles played by government transfers versus […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2MQMkIf on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM Policies towards fuel poverty often use relative or absolute measures. The effectiveness of the official indicators in identifying fuel poor households and assessing its impact on health is an emerging social policy issue. In this paper we analyse objective and perceived fuel poverty as […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2BTiZsi on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM Levirate marriage, whereby a widow is inherited by male relatives of her deceased husband, has anecdotally been viewed as an informal safety net for widows who have limited property rights. This study investigates why this widespread practice in sub-Saharan Africa has recently been disappearing. […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2MT5HQR on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM The impact of information on consumer behavior is a classic topic in economics, and there has recently been particular interest in whether providing nutritional information leads consumers to choose healthier diets. For example, a nationwide requirement of calorie counts on the menus of chain […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2LxpDUt on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM In many healthcare markets, physicians can respond to changes in reimbursement schemes by changing the volume (volume response) and the composition of services provided (substitution response). We examine the relative importance of these two behavioral responses in the context of physician drug dispensing in […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2MSqMLc on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM Population aging leads to concerns about the financial sustainability of collective long term care insurance systems. One way to keep public spending in check is by increasing the role of co-payments. An interesting feature of the copayments that have been introduced in the Netherlands […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2BS8tkT on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM This study examines the effect of a Medicaid disenrollment on employment, sources of health insurance coverage, health, and health care utilization of childless adults using longitudinal data from the 2004 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. From July through September 2005, […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2MX9pci on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM Persistently high workload may raise sickness absence with associated costs to firms and society. We proxy workload by the number of adults per child in Norwegian child care centers, but do not find that centers with many adults per child have lower sickness absence […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2Lyy1TU on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM This paper tests for peer effects in obesity in a novel way. It addresses the reflection problem by using the alter’s genetic risk score for obesity, which is a significant predictor of obesity, is determined prior to birth, and cannot be affected by the […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2MSIjmw on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM Against the background of rising weather risks this paper seeks to understand how risks impact the income generating capacity of rural households in Southeast Asia. In this study, we use assets to predict households’ income generating capacity and examine the role of different shock […]
from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2BTiIFM on August 28, 2018 at 12:01AM State governments have been passing laws mandating insurers to allow young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans past the age of 19 since the 1970s. These laws were intended to increase coverage, but research has been inconclusive on whether they were […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2wfFaUu on August 27, 2018 at 06:55PM The Medical Affairs Professional Society will take a deep look into how government regulations and commercial collaborations impact medical affairs in an upcoming webinar slated for noon EST Thursday, Aug. 30. According to an email from MAPS, the online event will […]
from Econsalut at http://bit.ly/2Ns7IAI on August 27, 2018 at 06:25PM The promise and peril of universal health care Poorly functioning health systems are a central challenge to realizing the benefits of UHC. Health systems in LMICs commonly suffer from a variety of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2NqBLJ0 on August 27, 2018 at 06:25PM Beginning May 26, 2020, literature reviews will play a key role throughout clinical evaluation reports under new MEDDEV regulations, including in the establishment of state of the art, according to a tHEORetically speaking blog post by Evidence Partners Director of Marketing […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2oloiax on August 27, 2018 at 06:25PM While value-based payments are conceptually easy to understand, the implementation of alternative payment models is “infinitely more difficult to execute,” National Pharmaceutical Council President Dan Leonard says in a recent article published on Chain Drug Review. “Value is even harder to […]
from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at http://bit.ly/2MSJt1h on August 27, 2018 at 05:13PM Some of the nation’s leading integrative health experts will discuss the path forward for incorporating evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments into standard patient care, medical training, and policymaking. [Santa Monica, CA]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2LxuaXc on August 27, 2018 at 04:55PM A survey by Deloitte found that more than half of IT executives see blockchain as a potentially major disruptor in health care, with about three-quarters believing the technology could become a major driver of change in life sciences and pharma development, […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2obCClH on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Purpose The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is a National Institutes of Health initiative designed to improve patient-reported outcomes using state-of-the-art psychometric methods. The aim of this study is to describe qualitative efforts to identify and refine items from psychological […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2wsebnR on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Purpose The evidence on the responsiveness of the Short Form-12 Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is limited. The aim of this study was to examine both the internal and external responsiveness of the […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2PHUQrp on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Purpose The Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded initiative to develop reliable, valid, and normed item banks to measure health. We describe the first large-scale translation and cross-cultural adaptation effort to German and Spanish […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2wsdWcr on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Purpose Fatigue is frequent and often severe and disabling in RA, and there is no consensus on how to measure it. We used online surveys and in-person interviews to evaluate PROMIS Fatigue 7a and 8a short forms (SFs) in people with […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2obCtyF on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Background and objective The EuroQol 5 dimensions 5 levels (EQ–5D–5L) is the new version of EQ–5D, developed to improve its discriminatory capacity. This study aims to evaluate the construct validity of the Spanish version and provide index and dimension population-based reference […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2wsNxuP on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Objectives The objective was to investigate the patient-reported diabetes symptoms predictors of generic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Methods The 15-item PedsQL™ 3.2 Diabetes Module Diabetes Symptoms Summary […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2PHX3TS on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Purpose Patient preference information (PPI) have an increasing role in regulatory decision-making, especially in benefit–risk assessment. PPI can also facilitate prioritization of symptoms to treat and inform meaningful selection of clinical trial endpoints. We engaged patients and caregivers to prioritize symptoms […]
from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2BO3Icn on August 27, 2018 at 01:30PM Abstract Purpose To estimate population norms for the SF-6D health preference (utility) scores derived from the MOS SF-36 version 1 (SF-36v1), SF-36 version 2 (SF-36v2), and (SF-12v2) health surveys collected from a representative adult sample in Hong Kong, and to assess differences […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2MznOMj on August 27, 2018 at 01:10PM Five very different approaches to the opioid crisis–by1. pharmacologists/biologists, 2. physicians, 3. payers, 4. prosecutors, and 5.legislators: 1. From PNAS:Safer opioids may be on the horizon, but mitigating addiction is a long shot, by Jyoti Madhusoodanan 2. From Science:Opioid prescribing decreases after learning of […]
from ISPOR News & Press Releases at http://bit.ly/2MWeD7W on August 27, 2018 at 12:53PM Gold Awards Granted for Brand Refresh and ISPOR 2018 Highlights Videos Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—August 27, 2018—ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, has won 2 Gold dotCOMM awards for its “The New ISPOR” and ISPOR 2018 conference highlights […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2Nr0sFe on August 27, 2018 at 12:36PM Publication date: Available online 27 August 2018 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Judith G. Chipperfield, Jeremy M. Hamm, Raymond P. Perry, Patti C. Parker, Joelle C. Ruthig, Frieder R. Lang Abstract Rationale and objectives Whether expectations about future health are adaptive […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2wjRBOR on August 27, 2018 at 12:36PM Publication date: Available online 27 August 2018 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Yeonjin Lee, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung Abstract This study examines the relationships between productive social engagement and cognitive functioning trajectories of older adults in South Korea and how the nature […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2NiwWRM on August 27, 2018 at 12:36PM Publication date: Available online 26 August 2018 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Laura K. Thompson, Margaret M. Sugg, Jennifer R. Runkle Abstract Nearly 3 out of 4 all lifelong mental disorders occur by the age of twenty-four. Remote crisis support holds […]
from The Academic Health Economists’ Blo… at http://bit.ly/2P9dXJQ on August 27, 2018 at 12:08PM Every Monday our authors provide a round-up of some of the most recently published peer reviewed articles from the field. We don’t cover everything, or even what’s most important – just a few papers that have interested the author. Visit our […]
from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2whS4kD on August 27, 2018 at 03:03AM Some interesting reads to start off your week: Contracting and in-network providers. Cancer data sharing. Is one answer good enough for all? Parrot economics. Free medical school tuition at NYU.
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