N.J. hospitals struggling before downturn Nov 26, 2008
Sean Hopkins, senior vice president of health economics for NJHA, said the steep decrease in total margins leaves hospitals with little means to increase staff, improve facilities or purchase new equipment which could impact quality of care and access. Additional hospital closures are a very real prospect in the wake of aging plants, reduced revenues and in this economy a growing number of individuals who are losing health-care insurance coverage, Hopkins said. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Drug court a success: research Nov 18, 2008
A study by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation found that the Drug Court is more cost effective than sending offenders with a drug addiction to prison. Offenders who attend the specialist court's program are 17 per cent less likely to be reconvicted for any offence, 30 per cent less likely to be reconvicted for a violent offence, and 38 per cent less likely to be reconvicted of a drug offence, the research shows. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Cultural Practices Can Be Harmful, Says UN Population Fund Nov 13, 2008
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World Doctors Orchestra to make U.S. debut at Severance Hall in February Oct 19, 2008
For the Cleveland performance, Willich -- director of the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics at the Charite University Medical Center in Berlin -- will lead Copland's "An Outdoor Overture," Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano and Brahms' Symphony No. 1. The soloists in the Beethoven will be admired musicians with Cleveland ties: Annie Fullard, first violinist of the Cavani String Quartet; cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, a soloist, chamber musician and... (Cleveland.com)
Pfizer `Spun' Unfavorable Neurontin Drug Studies, Experts Say Oct 10, 2008
Meredith Rosenthal, an associate professor of health economics at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, estimated in her report that there were 43 million off-label prescriptions written for Neurontin as a result of the company's promotions. Pfizer has argued the lawsuits aren't suitable for class- action treatment and should be tried individually. (Bloomberg)
THOMSON REUTERS: Predicting the Nobel science awards Oct 6, 2008
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Aryx appoints Amgen exec to board Aug 30, 2008
Beier s expertise in health economics, reimbursement and outcomes research will aid Aryx enormously, said Paul Goddard, chairman and CEO of Aryx (NASDAQ: ARYX). Goddard also praised Beier s management and political experience, saying he would be invaluable in helping position Aryx s products in the marketplace. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Gum Chewing May Speed Colon Surgery Recovery Aug 20, 2008
"The potential benefits to individual patients, in health economics terms, are such that a well-designed, large-scale, blinded, randomized, controlled trial with a placebo arm is warranted to answer the question of whether gum chewing can significantly reduce the length of stay after abdominal surgery or whether it merely represents a placebo effect.". The study was published in the August issue of the Archives of Surgery. (MEDLINEplus)
Fat Friends And Poor Education Helps People Think Thin Jul 26, 2008
The researchers will present their results on July 25th at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in Cambridge Massachusetts in a paper entitled Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility at the NBER Summer Institute on Health Economics. Using data on 27,000 Europeans from 29 countries, the researchers find that nearly half of European women feel overweight. (Science Daily)
Swaziland: Children Seek Hope in the Face of Aids Jul 25, 2008
Her views are echoed by recent research produced by the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It has brought attention to the fact that although Swaziland is being devastated by AIDS, it is not getting the priority it needs from the international community. (allAfrica.com)
John Lott: Gun Debate Is Hardly Over Jul 15, 2008
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Surprising insights from the social sciences Jul 13, 2008
Rablen, M. and Oswald, A., "Mortality and Immortality: The Nobel Prize as an Experiment into the Effect of Status upon Longevity," Journal of Health Economics (forthcoming). Kevin Lewis is an Ideas columnist. (Boston Globe)
Solid-Organ Transplantation and Donor Risk Factors Jun 26, 2008
From the Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division (S.D.H.), Center for Bioethics (S.D.H., A.L.C.), Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (S.D.H., A.L.C.), Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (S.D.H.), and Penn Transplant Institute (A.S.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and the Gift of Life Donor Program (R.D.H.) both in Philadelphia. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
Longevity gap closes for men Jun 7, 2008
The firm's director of health economics, Lynne Pezzullo, says men will have improved health outcomes compared with women, but not enough to match women's lifespans. The varying impact was due to a range of factors, including the growing benefits of modern medicine for the prevention and treatment of heart disease and cancer, which affected more men. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Minnesota needs more psychiatrists Jun 6, 2008
Stefan Gildemeister, assistant director of the health economics bureau at the Minnesota Department of Health, said present calculations for the state are the same. "A recent study we did, which looked at surveys in greater Minnesota, showed the vacancy rate for psychiatrists was higher than for any other specialty," he said. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Is your weight affecting your career? May 26, 2008
In 2004, Charles Baum, of Middle Tennessee State University, also reported in the journal Health Economics that obesity could lower a woman's annual earnings by as much as 6. 2% and a man's by as much as 2. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Here's a heavy thought May 12, 2008
One estimate from the director of health economics at the Milken Institute theorizes that workers unburdened by fat and its ill medical effects could boost the Gross Domestic Product by $257 billion. Of course, with your new, healthier look, you'll need new clothes to better complement your new figure. (The Augusta Chronicle)
US economy shaky despite retail recovery May 10, 2008
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Voodoo health economics Apr 5, 2008
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Government urged to make policies women development oriented Mar 15, 2008
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Uncommon Knowledge Mar 9, 2008
Anderson, M., "Safety for Whom? The Effects of Light Trucks on Traffic Fatalities," Journal of Health Economics (forthcoming). Kevin Lewis is a columnist for Ideas. (Boston Globe)
Changing Patterns Of Stroke And Heart Disease-related Deaths In Europe Revealed Feb 12, 2008
ller-Nordhorn, a senior scientist at the Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charit; University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany, and her colleagues calculated age-standardised mortality rates for IHD and CVD from data provided by the statistical office of the European Communities (Eurostat) and the national statistics offices of all the countries. They concentrated on the 45-74 age group, as mortality in younger age groups is very low. (Science Daily)
When it comes to obesity, location matters Dec 20, 2007
"Several people have pointed it out as a possible or likely cause for increasing obesity rates; that is, that increasing the access to fast food or poor-quality foods might somehow be contributing," health economics professor Sean Cash said. He and his fellow researchers decided to put that idea to the test by combining obesity figures from cities across the country with the density of the most popular fast-food restaurants. (Globe and Mail)
Stanford students win Marshall scholarships Dec 8, 2007
Sean Arenson, 21, who is majoring in economics and biological sciences and plays the jazz saxophone, plans to study health economics at the London School of Economics. Priyanka Narayan, 20, who has majored in chemistry and played violin for the Stanford Symphony Orchestra for four years, plans to study chemistry at the University of Cambridge. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Prospect of moving to a care home frightens two thirds of Britons Dec 3, 2007
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EPI-Q, Inc. Expands Capabilities with Addition of Anthony Vita, MD, MPH and Peter Herout, PharmD Nov 6, 2007
Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- EPI-Q, Inc., a consulting firm providing outcomes research and health economics services to the global biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries, announces the addition of Anthony J. Vita, MD, MPH and Peter Herout, PharmD to their team of clinical professionals. The specialized background of these two practitioners will augment the capabilities EPI-Q is able to offer directly to those clients seeking to enhance the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of patient... (PR Newswire)
SWAZILAND: Declare HIV/AIDS a "humanitarian emergency" Nov 6, 2007
For this to happen, Alan Whiteside, director of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, said in the paper, co-authored by researcher Amy Whalley, the conventional understanding of a humanitarian emergency has to be rethought. "Traditional humanitarian thinking focuses on the short term, and is often aimed at returning affected populations to 'normality'," he said in Reviewing 'Emergencies' for Swaziland: Shifting the Paradigm in a New... (AlertNet)
Chronic diseases costing state Oct 3, 2007
By investing in good health, we can add billions of dollars in economic growth in the coming decades, said Ross DeVol, the reports author and director of health economics at Milken, in a news release. The good news is that with moderate improvements in prevention and early intervention such as reducing the rate of obesity, the savings to the economy would be enormous. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
High gas prices could make you skinnier Sep 12, 2007
The report, written by Charles Courtenance for his doctoral dissertation in health economics, found that the 13 percent rise in obesity between 1979 and 2004 can be attributed to falling pump prices. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
As Costs of Drugs Shift to Consumers, Spending Drops Jul 4, 2007
D., director, health economics, RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif ... Goldman is director of health economics at RAND Corp., in Santa Monica, Calif. (Health-Finder)
Less than half of Britons plan ahead for long-term decisions Jun 14, 2007
Its major research and teaching specialisms are in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, finance, experimental economics, health economics and economic history. . (EurekAlert!)
NICU Volume and Mortality among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants May 24, 2007
From the Health Economics Resource Center and the Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA (C.S.P., S.K.S.); the Department of Pediatrics (C.S.P.) and the Department of Health Research and Policy and the Center for Primary Care Outcomes Research (C.S.P., L.C.B.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; the National Bureau for Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (L.C.B.); the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (A.B.C.) and... (New England Journal of Medicine)
World's Cancer Patients Face Inequities in Access to Newer Drugs May 17, 2007
"Progress in medical treatments has meant that over half of the patients diagnosed with cancer will now be 'cured' or die from other causes. However, these benefits are only realized once the drugs get to the patients," study co-author Dr. Bengt Jonsson, director of the Center for Health Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, said in a prepared statement ... The study findings, by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and the Center for Health Economics at the Stockholm... (MEDLINEplus)
UK's cancer drug access 'slow' May 13, 2007
Dr Bengt Jonsson, director of the Centre for Health Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, said: "Around one sixth of the differences between these countries in five-year cancer survival is due to differences in the uptake of new drugs in each country.". The report highlights an imbalance in public investments in cancer research between Europe and the US. Dr Jonsson said: "Not only is the magnitude of public research at a different level in the US, it is also directed to clinical... (ITV.com)
Is 1 Pill Better Than 2 for Heart-Disease Protection? May 12, 2007
(SOURCES: Timothy Smith, senior director, health economics and outcomes research, IMS Consulting, Falls Church, Va ... In other words, outside of a clinical trial setting, users of the single-pill formulation could expect slightly fewer cardiovascular incidents, and lower associated medical costs, than users of the two pills, said study author Timothy Smith, senior director of health economics and outcomes research at IMS Consulting in Falls Church, Va. (Health-Finder)
UK Lags Behind In New Cancer Drug Uptake And Survival May 11, 2007
Report authors, Dr Nils Wilking, clinical oncologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and Dr Bengt Jnsson, director of the Centre for Health Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, reviewed access to 67 innovative cancer drugs in 25 countries with a total population of 984 million. The report included 19 European nations, plus Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and the USA.. (Medical News Today)
Stark inequalities in access to cancer drugs May 10, 2007
Dr. Bengt Jonsson, director of the Center for Health Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, said better access to such medicines was one reason why rates of survival from cancer were higher in France and Spain than in Britain. The introduction of new drugs explains part of the improvement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Rapid Pathogen Screening Announces Potential US Healthcare Savings of Over $400 Million Annually With the Use of the RPS Adeno Detector(TM) Apr 17, 2007
April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rapid Pathogen Screening Inc., (RPS) announced a new cost effectiveness analyses from the Health Economics Consulting Group LLC (HECG) shows a savings of more than $400 million annually to the healthcare system were the RPS Adeno Detector(TM) used on all 6 million annual cases of acute conjunctivitis ... This study, performed by Global Health Economics Projects (GHEP), utilized the costs of one of the leading outpatient laboratories and the Medicare 2006... (PR Newswire)
Planning ahead while looking back Mar 9, 2007
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Study Shows Near-Tripling of Global ADHD Drug Use Mar 7, 2007
"ADHD could become the leading childhood disorder treated with medications across the globe," Richard Scheffler, an expert in health economics and public policy who led the study, said in a statement. "We can expect that the already burgeoning global costs for medication treatment for ADHD will rise even more sharply over the next decade.". (Newsmax)
Oscar winner Helen salutes courage of the Queen Feb 27, 2007
Figures show a dramatic rise of 50 per cent in the rate of Caesareans in only 12 years, with a report from the influential Office of Health Economics in part blaming doctors for the increase. They spent decades learning how to become homemakers, cooking, making beds and working sewing machines. (Daily Mail)
Retired Brethren missionary returns to Nigeria Feb 21, 2007
Later, Patty would then start the women's school and teach them health economics, while Irven would become the college's first principal. The Sterns are familiar with Nigerian missions. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
Zimmer Holdings Strategic Focus Reflected in Highlights of AAOS Meeting Feb 17, 2007
"We have evolved from the strategic initiatives that served us well for nearly 10 years to a new set of guiding principles captured in the words 'Enable, Innovate and Grow,'" said Ray Elliott, Chairman, President and CEO of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. "This led us to focus on six key areas at the AAOS meeting that clearly differentiate us -- our exclusive Zimmer(R) Gender Solutions(TM) Technology; the BRIGIT(TM) Bone Resection Instrument Guide and our Computer Assisted Solutions; Trabecular Metal(TM)... (PR Newswire)
Landmark Addiction Study Finds People Underestimate Power Of Drug Cravings Feb 17, 2007
The results of the study, which are being published in the Journal of Health Economics, reveal that even longtime addicts underestimate the influence that drug cravings have over their behavior. Almost all drugs produce a craving in their users. (Science Daily)
Is doctors' self-interest endangering the NHS? Feb 6, 2007
Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Economics at York University argues that doctors' self interest manifests itself in two ways: enhancing personal income and protecting clinical autonomy fiercely - the right to do what they think is best for their patients. He maintains that the first type of self interest has enhanced average UK earnings to over 100,000 for both general practitioners and consultants, with little observable improved activity or patient outcomes. (EurekAlert!)
Report: Fewer docs should treat cancer Jan 29, 2007
Limiting who can administer certain cancer procedures not only saves lives, it can also keep spiraling health-care costs down, according to a study of health economics conducted at and Rice University. The study's findings were reported Friday in the Health Economics, Policy and Law journal ... "Hospitals and surgeons that have performed more of these procedures will have a lower mortality rate," says Dr. Vivian Ho, associate professor of medicine at BCM and the James A. Baker III Institute... (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Covance Promotes Luis T. Gutierrez, Jr. to President of Covance Commercialization Services Jan 4, 2007
He has advised most of the major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with respect to commercialization strategies for new products and he is a frequent speaker on health economics and related issues affecting the utilization of drug therapies in the marketplace. Mr. Gutierrez received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from Harvard University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. (PR Newswire)
