New publications in health economics and genomics 31st August 2021

from Health Economics and Genomics at https://bit.ly/38tcg5L on September 1, 2021 at 12:06AM One publication from the past week: Estimating the population health impact of a multi-cancer early detection genomic blood test to complement existing screening in the US and UK | link I’m happy to share any other publications from this week that I’ve […]

A framework for categorizing and analyzing prescription drug pricing reform options

from Brookings: Topics – Health at https://brook.gs/3n2jWoj on August 31, 2021 at 04:44PM By Rachel Sachs, Loren Adler, Paul Ginsburg A framework for categorizing and analyzing prescription drug pricing reform options A framework for categorizing and analyzing prescription drug pricing reform options Rachel Sachs, Loren Adler, and Paul B. Ginsburg August 31, 2021 Editor’s Note: […]

DayTwo Scores $37M to Expand Microbiome-Based Personalized Nutrition Treatment for Diabetes

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/2YcHj42 on August 31, 2021 at 04:09PM By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH People with Diabetes can get ready to celebrate: “The ‘Era of Lancets’ is over.” Precision nutrition startup, DayTwo, is scaling up its microbiome-based program, which takes the guesswork (and finger pricks) out of Diabetes management by offering […]

Change of CHE Directorship

from Centre for Health Economics – Latest news at https://bit.ly/38reJ0q on August 31, 2021 at 03:43PM Change of CHE Directorship Posted on 31 August 2021 Professor Maria Goddard writes After 12 years as Director of CHE, I will be stepping down from this role on 30th September 2021. It has been an absolute honour and […]

A framework for categorizing and analyzing prescription drug pricing reform options

from Brookings: Topics – Health at https://brook.gs/3n2jWoj on August 31, 2021 at 03:27PM By Rachel Sachs, Loren Adler, Paul Ginsburg A framework for categorizing and analyzing prescription drug pricing reform options A framework for categorizing and analyzing prescription drug pricing reform options Rachel Sachs, Loren Adler, and Paul B. Ginsburg August 31, 2021 Editor’s Note: […]

Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3zwRazf on August 31, 2021 at 02:54PM Evidence-based approaches to treating SUDs during pregnancy, including highly effective medications for OUD, have become increasingly available. The United States doesn’t criminalize or punish pregnant women with other health conditions—such as diabetes, epilepsy, or obesity—that can affect them and […]

Health Care, Meet Gall’s Law

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3mOnCd6 on August 31, 2021 at 02:07PM By KIM BELLARD I can’t believe I’ve gone this long without knowing about Gall’s Law (thanks to @niquola for tweeting it!).  For those of you similarly unaware, John Gall was a pediatrician who, seemingly in his spare time, wrote Systemantics: How Systems […]

Government regulated or negotiated drug prices: Key design considerations

from Brookings: Topics – Health at https://brook.gs/3zHfdeQ on August 30, 2021 at 07:42PM By Paul Ginsburg, Steven M. Lieberman Government regulated or negotiated drug prices: Key design considerations Government regulated or negotiated drug prices: Key design considerations Paul B. Ginsburg and Steven M. Lieberman August 30, 2021 Editor’s Note: This analysis is part of the USC-Brookings […]

Government regulated or negotiated drug prices: Key design considerations

from Brookings: Topics – Health at https://brook.gs/3zHfdeQ on August 30, 2021 at 06:36PM By Paul Ginsburg, Steven M. Lieberman Government regulated or negotiated drug prices: Key design considerations Government regulated or negotiated drug prices: Key design considerations Paul B. Ginsburg and Steven M. Lieberman August 30, 2021 Editor’s Note: This analysis is part of the USC-Brookings […]

Symposium on Research Integrity: Replicability and outright malfeasance. November 24 in Berlin

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/38qDb2g on August 30, 2021 at 01:36PM  Research integrity has been in the news lately, concerning low levels of replicability in some kinds of research, together with more intentional (but probably/hopefully less widespread) problems.  Here’s a forthcoming symposium: Symposium on Integrity in Research Place and time: hybrid event on November 24, 2021. […]

Bob Wilson’s autobiography is now available on the Nobel Prize website

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3mH1Sjo on August 28, 2021 at 01:42PM  Here it is: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2020/wilson/biographical/ "Robert B. Wilson, Biographical "1.Overview at age 83 "After rocky early years, I had a happy youth in a small town, and then stumbled through eight years at Harvard, emerging with little sense of what to do next, until I moved […]