THCB Gang Episode 108, Thursday December 1, 1pm PT – 4p

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3gIFV2R on November 30, 2022 at 09:14PM Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday November 17 are futurist Jeff Goldsmith; THCB regular writer and ponderer of odd juxtapositions Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard); patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); fierce patient activist Casey Quinlan (@MightyCasey); Jeff Goldsmith; […]

Evaluation of Los Angeles County’s 2022 WeRise Mental Health Events

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3iozTF0 on November 30, 2022 at 02:33PM Research Questions Was the WeRise campaign effective in reaching county residents? How did the campaign affect knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors? WeRise—a component of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s (LACDMH’s) broader campaign, WhyWeRise—is an annual set […]

Exercising works

from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/3OOAjAH on November 30, 2022 at 05:49AM Not a surprise, but the study approach used by Kulaja et al. (2022) is interesting. They examine identical twins an examine how early adult exercise habits impact long term health outcomes. The abstract is below. …monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs discordant for health habits provide […]

New publications in health economics and genomics 29th November 2022

from Health Economics and Genomics at https://bit.ly/3GXsabg on November 30, 2022 at 12:31AM Three publications from the past week: Cost-effectiveness of a gene sequencing test for Alzheimer’s disease in Ontario | link Key drivers of family-level utility of pediatric genomic sequencing: a qualitative analysis to support preference research | link A Micro-Costing Framework for Circulating […]

CCHE News: Job Posting

from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at https://bit.ly/3AUq9bT on November 29, 2022 at 09:58PM Ontario Health: Health Economist Position Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Dear all, Ontario Health is currently seeking applications for a Health Economist position. Reporting to the Manager of Health Economic Evaluation in the Health Technology […]

Has COVID-19 Changed How People Think About the Drivers of Health? If So, Does It Matter?

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3OL8toF on November 29, 2022 at 06:11PM Background Could the COVID-19 pandemic prompt shifts in Americans’ basic views on health mindset and policy solutions to health crises? Methods A sample of 1,637 individuals rated the extent to which items (e.g., the role of environmental vs. individual […]

Partially Different? The Importance of General Equilibrium in Health Economic Evaluations

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3gO3EP1 on November 29, 2022 at 06:11PM Both the human capital approach and the friction cost approach are frequently used to quantify the productivity costs associated with illness, disability or death in health economic evaluations. In this paper we argue that these approaches have one major, […]

Barcodes Are Us

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3Vjm5tZ on November 29, 2022 at 03:19PM BY KIM BELLARD Usually I write about things where I see some unexpected parallel to healthcare, or something just amazed me, or outraged me (there are lots of things about healthcare like the latter).  But sometimes I run across something that just […]

Is It Advocacy or Lobbying—It Depends. Participants at Health Policy Orientation Learn About How to Communicate Effectively with Policymakers

from AcademyHealth Blog at https://bit.ly/3gHOzhZ on November 29, 2022 at 01:49PM Is It Advocacy or Lobbying—It Depends. Participants at Health Policy Orientation Learn About How to Communicate Effectively with Policymakers AcademyHealth recently hosted the fall 2022 Health Policy Orientation, which goes behind the scenes of decision-making in Washington in October. Participants included clinicians, Fellows, public […]

Motorcycles as donorcycles

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3XFovEL on November 29, 2022 at 12:45PM  Here’s an article from JAMA Internal Medicine, noting that motorcycle rallies produce an increase in organ transplants. Organ Donation and Transplants During Major US Motorcycle Rallies  by David C. Cron, MD, MS; Christopher M. Worsham, MD; Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH; Charles F. Bray, […]