Medicine as a data science (6)

from Econsalut at http://bit.ly/2I3UYA3 on March 31, 2019 at 05:50PM Adapting to Artificial Intelligence Radiologists and Pathologists as Information Specialists While some physicians ar lobbying for creating more specialties, Jah and Topol argue exactly the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Repugnance in the runup to elections

from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2HQYGOb on March 31, 2019 at 12:44PM Primary elections give political hopefuls a chance to try out their views on many things, including controversial transactions and markets, that some find repugnant.  The many potential Democratic candidates should give us an opportunity to hear about some of those (although none of them […]

[Job] Locked and [Un]loaded The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Dependency Mandate on Reenlistment in the U.S. Army

from Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2CK6L3e on March 31, 2019 at 12:06PM Publication date: Available online 30 March 2019 Source: Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Michael S. Kofoed, Wyatt J. Frasier Abstract One concern with employer-based health insurance is job lock or the inability for employees to leave their current employment for better opportunities […]

Weight, Reference Points, and the Onset of Eating Disorders

from Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2V6sY2J on March 31, 2019 at 12:06PM Publication date: Available online 30 March 2019 Source: Journal of Health Economics Author(s): Tiziano Arduini, Daniela Iorio, Eleonora Patacchini Abstract We investigate whether the development of eating disorders, in the form of purging, is influenced by peers’ body size through interpersonal comparisons. […]

Speakers Talk Drug Coupons at AMCP

from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2WB6EhJ on March 30, 2019 at 02:04PM Solid Benefit Guidance’s Josh Golden and Magellan Rx Management’s Manual Jayabalan recently discussed drug coupons during the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s (AMCP) meeting in San Diego. Golden and Jayabalan touched on what the copay cards mean for various stakeholders, according […]

IQVIA’s Long Talks Health Care Trends

from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2FLwE4K on March 29, 2019 at 07:59PM IQVIA Industry Relations Vice President Douglas Long took center stage during a session at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s (AMCP) 2019 meeting to discuss current trends in the health care industry. Long discussed a number of key market trends, according […]

Applicability and cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version of the Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale in patients with chronic heart failure

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2CK3EIJ on March 29, 2019 at 07:09PM The mental well-being of patients with chronic heart failure is likely to influence their health-related quality of life and decrease the utilization of public health resources. This study assessed the mental wel…

Friday Links

from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2FCJMYq on March 29, 2019 at 05:11PM Hospitals jump into telehealth. The cost of dementia. Are certificate of need (CON) laws needed? Myth of FFS and overprovision? Opening Day content: Born a Brewer and ‘Not today’

Friday Links

from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2FCJMYq on March 29, 2019 at 05:11PM Hospitals jump into telehealth. The cost of dementia. Are certificate of need (CON) laws needed? Myth of FFS and overprovision? Opening Day content: Born a Brewer and ‘Not today’

Friday Links

from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2FCJMYq on March 29, 2019 at 05:11PM Hospitals jump into telehealth. The cost of dementia. Are certificate of need (CON) laws needed? Myth of FFS and overprovision? Opening Day content: Born a Brewer and ‘Not today’

Friday Links

from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2FCJMYq on March 29, 2019 at 05:11PM Hospitals jump into telehealth. The cost of dementia. Are certificate of need (CON) laws needed? Myth of FFS and overprovision? Opening Day content: Born a Brewer and ‘Not today’

Friday Links

from Healthcare Economist at http://bit.ly/2FCJMYq on March 29, 2019 at 05:11PM Hospitals jump into telehealth. The cost of dementia. Are certificate of need (CON) laws needed? Myth of FFS and overprovision? Opening Day content: Born a Brewer and ‘Not today’

Can Transparency Lower Prices and Improve Access to Pharmaceuticals? Five Questions We Think Matter a Lot

from feed/http://bit.ly/1sYYZLQ at http://bit.ly/2UkJY85 on March 29, 2019 at 04:30PM Transparency as a principle of good governance is not the same as transparency for improving access by lowering prices. In fact, the former often carries an opportunity cost on the latter. Developing country markets are, however, dominated by generic products and encouraging competition through sharing […]

Report: Trump, Pelosi in Talks on Legislation to Reduce Drug Prices

from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2CEmX67 on March 29, 2019 at 04:28PM A White House official tells Politico that the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staff are in talks about legislation aimed at reducing high drug prices. “Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is a shared common interest, and those conversations […]

Can Transparency Lower Prices and Improve Access to Pharmaceuticals? Five Questions We Think Matter a Lot

from OHE News at http://bit.ly/2UkJY85 on March 29, 2019 at 02:28PM Transparency as a principle of good governance is not the same as transparency for improving access by lowering prices. In fact, the former often carries an opportunity cost on the latter. Developing country markets are, however, dominated by generic products and encouraging competition through […]

The biographical gaze: Psychotherapeutic practice in psychosomatic hospitals in Germany

from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2uyJeh6 on March 29, 2019 at 10:31AM Publication date: Available online 28 March 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Sabine Flick Abstract This article introduces the concept of a “biographical gaze” based on two dimensions: On one hand, I draw on findings from my qualitative empirical research on […]