from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2Yq1eYi on June 30, 2019 at 11:01PM A public health physician and health economist, Dr Uchenna Ewelike, has launched a book on health financing in Nigeria and other developing …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2RNARZZ on June 30, 2019 at 10:59PM Poku joined the university in 2013 as executive director of the Health Economics and HIV and Aids Research Division before his appointment as …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2KOQ785 on June 30, 2019 at 10:59PM … and Scientists With a wide range of expertise in Healthcare, engineering, social sciences, public health, health economics and data management.
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2RMQvod on June 30, 2019 at 10:59PM President Donald Trump plans to name economist Tomas Philipson as the next head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to …
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2XClUiz on June 30, 2019 at 03:24PM A recent article published on the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP) outlines what impact value-based insurance design (VBID) can have on costs and patient populations. Some stakeholders see VBID as a way to “obtain better value for money,” the author […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2IX1BUW on June 30, 2019 at 03:10PM Publication date: Available online 29 June 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Paul Sylvestre, Heather Castleden, Jeff Denis, Debbie Martin, Amy Bombay Abstract Settler colonialism implicates settler and Indigenous populations differently within ongoing projects of settlement and nation building. The uneven […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2xhVAM6 on June 30, 2019 at 02:54PM With stakeholders sparring over whether allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with manufacturers is a way to wrangle rising drug prices, Germany’s model could lend some insight into the benefits of direct negotiations, the author of a recent column published on STAT […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2Yocgx8 on June 30, 2019 at 12:52PM In the June issue of Kidney International, there’s a meta-study of organ transplantation rates in opt out versus opt in countries, that finds "no significant difference in deceased donation or solid organ transplantation activity between opt-out versus opt-in countries.": Comparison of organ donation and […]
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2LyGSbE on June 30, 2019 at 03:41AM A summary of selected recent Working Papers and other NBER research related to health economics. The Bulletin on Health is produced three times a …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2xnP2LK on June 30, 2019 at 03:41AM Philipson is a professor of public policy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and directed the health economics program at the …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2Lq6Myo on June 30, 2019 at 03:41AM Curiosity is the secret to being a good health economist. Curiosity drives some to specialize and others to survey vast systems in the health economy.
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2JdCbl4 on June 29, 2019 at 08:56PM … when he started a blog on health research and policy called “The Incidental Economist” with Austin Frakt, a health economist at Boston University.
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2XhbsxD on June 29, 2019 at 08:56PM … says Dr. Anupam Jena, a health economist at Harvard Medical School, who consults with biotech companies on the economic value of new drugs.
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2JePPEm on June 29, 2019 at 08:56PM "We anticipate that other states will want to strike their own deal with these manufacturers for these drugs," said health economist Rena Conti of Boston …
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2IWVL67 on June 29, 2019 at 02:34PM Publication date: Available online 29 June 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Nico Vonneilich, Daniel Lüdecke, Olaf von dem Knesebeck Abstract Background While there is evidence for educational health inequalities in Europe, studies on time trends and on the explanatory contribution […]
from Market Design at http://bit.ly/2LA1OiT on June 29, 2019 at 01:52PM Japan is complicated. Here’s a story from the Guardian that seems not to involve prostitution, but is nevertheless sex related (and child related). Schoolgirls for sale: why Tokyo struggles to stop the ‘JK business’The persistent practice of paying underage girls for sex-related services, known […]
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2X8IlYv on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM And these laws appear to have had their intended effect: a Journal of Health Economics report found that seat belt laws have increased seat belt use, …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2IUZYad on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM Related: Cargill forms partnership to assess soil health economics. “We’re talking about doing new things that haven’t been done before," said Chris …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2XaUdJA on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM … lip service – to health equity," says Fred Zimmerman, a professor and health economics expert at the University of California–Los Angeles and lead …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2IW6a1G on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM … immunoassay development, patient registries, outcomes research, health economics, market access and commercialization, drug price consulting, …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2XeEGso on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM … Payment on Health Care Spending and Utilization: Evidence from Perinatal Care in Arkansas,” Journal of Health Economics 61 (9) (2018): 47–62, …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2IXS68e on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM The appointment follows a global search and was made with the unanimous approval of both council and the university’s senior appointments …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2Xbfva3 on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM Prof Poku joined the University in 2013 as the Executive Director of the Health Economics and AIDS Research Institute (HEARD). He was appointed …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2IXDd5S on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; 2Health Economics and Outcomes …
from Google Alert at http://bit.ly/2X4VVw0 on June 29, 2019 at 04:46AM The Unit, together with the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2018 for sustained excellence in …
from The Health Care Blog at http://bit.ly/31WnnQc on June 28, 2019 at 08:59PM Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I are getting in the spirit of things with this week’s Democratic debate. In Episode 87, Jess asks me about Omada Health’s $73 million raise, bringing its total to $200 million, and about […]
from PharmacoEconomics – Open at http://bit.ly/2JejVYu on June 28, 2019 at 07:39PM Abstract Objective Our objective was to assess healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with and without treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and those without MDD in US Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs). Methods This was a retrospective matched-cohort study. […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2YjnDGX on June 28, 2019 at 06:04PM The White House says a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump will mandate increased transparency on treatment costs and price negotiations, HealthPayerIntelligence reports. The executive order was issued June 24. According to the report, payers, providers and self-insured health […]
from The Health Care Blog at http://bit.ly/2LrkGjZ on June 28, 2019 at 04:58PM By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH DNA testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry have made DNA testing mainstream, with adoption skyrocketing among consumers. Meanwhile, health tech startups like Veritas Genetics are starting to push the trend even further – from genotyping to whole […]
from PharmacoEconomics – Open at http://bit.ly/2JfiI3e on June 28, 2019 at 04:39PM Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to assess the validity of the Cornerstone Diabetes Simulation (CDS), a Microsoft Excel®-based patient-level simulation for type 2 diabetes mellitus based on risk equations from the revised United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Outcomes Model (UKPDS-OM2, also […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/322TwG3 on June 28, 2019 at 04:04PM A recently-updated guide posted on First MedComms Job offers writers a free resource for expanding their medical writing abilities into health economics and outcomes research, as well as market access. Freelance HEOR and market access consultant Linda Harrison penned the guide. […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2X5SpRX on June 28, 2019 at 03:03PM DPharm this week announced it had tapped former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb to deliver the keynote address for its upcoming meeting set to kick off Sept. 17 in Boston, Massachusetts. According to an email, Gottlieb’s during his address […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2Yjoo2C on June 28, 2019 at 02:32PM The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released a new report outlining a planned review of acute migraine treatments. According to a press release, ICER is planning to assess the following treatments: Biohaven’s rimegepant; Allergan’s ubrogepant; and Eli Lilly’s agonist […]
from tHEORetically Speaking: The HealthEconomics.Com Blog at http://bit.ly/2FE2gsu on June 28, 2019 at 02:32PM Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week was appointed to Pfizer’s board of directors, two months after exiting his government post, pharmaphorum reports. According to the report, Gottlieb was appointed to Pfizer’s Regulatory and Compliance Committee and the […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2FEjYfj on June 28, 2019 at 02:28PM Publication date: Available online 28 June 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Shiho Kino, Soong-nang Jang, Krisztina Gero, Soichiro Kato, Ichiro Kawachi Abstract Japan and South Korea have among the highest suicide rates in the world. However, the age, gender, and […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2YiPg2P on June 28, 2019 at 02:28PM Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Jonathan Stokes, Yiu-Shing Lau, Søren Rud Kristensen, Matt Sutton
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/31ZSxpO on June 28, 2019 at 02:28PM Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Jamie Lundine, Ivy Bourgeault, Ketevan Glonti, Eleanor Hutchinson, Dina Balabanova Abstract Academic experts share their ideas, as well as contribute to advancing health science by participating in publishing as […]
from Social Science & Medicine at http://bit.ly/2Yh3uRP on June 28, 2019 at 02:28PM Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019 Source: Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Meredith R. Bergey, Jennifer C. Goldsack, Edmondo J. Robinson Abstract Hospitals have invested heavily in health information technology (HIT) which has been promoted as an integral component of quality, […]
from Health Policy at http://bit.ly/2XfuiVQ on June 28, 2019 at 02:16PM Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019 Source: Health Policy Author(s): Marta Pascual-Sáez, David Cantarero-Prieto, Paloma Lanza-León Abstract In recent years, and because of the economic crisis, Spain’s government has been worried about changes in health poverty. In this paper, we examine individual health […]
from Health Policy at http://bit.ly/2Jcg5zm on June 28, 2019 at 02:16PM Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019 Source: Health Policy Author(s): Mercedes Burguillo, Desiderio Romero-Jordán, José-Félix Sanz-Sanz Abstract This paper focuses on the substitution effects between different comercial presentations of tobacco in Spain. Concretely, on cigarettes, cigars and RYO. When taxing policies increase tobacco […]
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