2023 ASHEcon Conference Registration Now Open!

from ASHEcon at https://bit.ly/3EKEnOr on February 28, 2023 at 10:51PM The 2023 ASHEcon Conference will be held in St. Louis, Missouri at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel from Sunday, June 11th-14, 2023. In addition to over 190 scientific sessions containing 584 papers, plus 210 posters, this year’s conference will include both numerous new and returning elements, including: A pre-conference on […]

Forensic Economist

from ASHEcon at https://bit.ly/3mig3gj on February 28, 2023 at 10:51PM Research & Planning Consultants, LP has an immediate, full-time opening for a forensic economist. The candidate would be expected to gain experience as a forensic consultant before becoming a testifying expert on economic damages. A PhD is required in economics or finance. A candidate with […]

Let’s Do Public Health Better

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3IXz4wz on February 28, 2023 at 06:31PM BY KIM BELLARD Eric Reinhart, who describes himself as “a political anthropologist, psychoanalyst, and physician,” has had a busy month. He started with an essay in NEJM about “reconstructive justice,” then an op-ed in The New York Times on how our health […]

Read on Washington: February 2023 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson

from AcademyHealth Blog at https://bit.ly/3EL689E on February 28, 2023 at 04:19PM Read on Washington: February 2023 Advocacy Update from Lisa Simpson AcademyHealth’s Summer Health Policy Fellowship Application is open AcademyHealth’s advocacy team is looking for a summer fellow. The fellowship is for a current or recent graduate student who wants hands-on experience in applying their […]

RAND President to Present Before House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3Y6L982 on February 28, 2023 at 03:11PM RAND President and CEO Jason Matheny will appear Tuesday before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during an open panel meeting with leaders of other prominent research organizations. His presentation will focus on two significant threats to national […]

Care Experiences Are Worse in For-Profit Hospices Than in Not-for-Profit Hospices

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3IE3Xpy on February 28, 2023 at 08:53AM For Release MondayFebruary 27, 2023 Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Analyzing surveys completed by family caregivers of patients […]

The cancer tax

from Healthcare Economist at https://bit.ly/3Y1xsr3 on February 28, 2023 at 04:25AM An ambitious paper by Chen et al. (2023) published last week aim to estimate the economic burden of cancer across 204 countries between 2020 and 2050 . The authors find that cancer’s economic burden is equivalent to an annual tax of 0.55% of global […]

Translating Research to Practice: Recommended Practices for Hospitals to Reduce Diagnostic Errors

from AcademyHealth Blog at https://bit.ly/3xVcq2z on February 27, 2023 at 05:40PM Translating Research to Practice: Recommended Practices for Hospitals to Reduce Diagnostic Errors A key challenge for the field of health services research is translating research findings into health care innovations and then scaling them for widespread national use. This process has been disappointingly slow […]

Myocarditis update from Sweden

from The Health Care Blog at https://bit.ly/3SvLccl on February 27, 2023 at 03:35PM BY ANISH KOKA The COVID19/vaccine myocarditis debate continues in large part because our public health institutions are grossly mischaracterizing the risks and benefits of vaccines to young people. A snapshot of what the establishment says as it relates to the particular area of concern: […]

CCHE Friday Seminar Series: Impact of Incentive Contracts on Non-profits Delivering Homelessness Interventions Through Social Impact Bonds

from CCHE General Updates Archive Feed at https://bit.ly/3IzvzMy on February 27, 2023 at 03:14PM We are pleased to welcome Stefanie Tan this Friday March 3rd. Canadian Centre for Health Economics View this email in your browser Dear All,   For this week’s CCHE Health Economics Series, we are pleased to welcome Stefanie Tan this Friday […]