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Crisis, what crisis? Reproducibility and health economics - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
For a decade, science has faced a replication crisis in that the results of many important studies are difficult or impossible to reproduce. For example, the Open Science Collaboration in 2015 published a paper replicating 100 psychology studies that found that many replications produced weaker evidence for the original findings. A study published in Science…
Edgar Sydenstricker and the history of health economics - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
An introduction to the work of Edgar Sydenstricker, a forgotten health economist who researched the 1918-20 influenza pandemic, the Great Depression, and inequalities in the impact of diseases such as pellagra.
The ‘wheelchair example’ – why it should be dropped from EQ-5D valuation tasks - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
The EQ Valuation Technology (EQ-VT) protocol has been widely used in the valuation of EuroQol instruments, including in over 25 national EQ-5D-5L value sets and, in an adapted form, the valuation of EQ-5D-Y-3L. Adapted versions of it are also currently being used for the valuation of EQ Health and Wellbeing (EQ-HWB). The depth of experience…
Journal round-up: Health Economics 31(7) - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d like to write a journal round-up, get in touch. Health Economics is one of my…
Meeting round-up: Fifth Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
The 2022 edition of the Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop ran from the 18th to the 20th of July. Finally, after two years of pandemics and virtual workshops, the format moved back to Essen. Again, the workshop addressed mental health topics over the life course. As an event of the CINCH (Health Economics Research Center), the RWI…
Meeting round-up: ISPOR Annual 2022 - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
There's a popular theory in the punk rock community, that the best music is made in the worst times. Could the same apply to the work of the health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) community? ISPOR is by no means a radical organisation. But this meeting, more than any ISPOR meeting I've attended before, tried…
Journal round-up: PharmacoEconomics – Open 6(3) - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d like to write a journal round-up, get in touch. This issue of PharmacoEconomics - Open…
Journal round-up: PharmacoEconomics 40(1) - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d like to write a journal round-up, get in touch. The first 2022 issue of PharmacoEconomics…
Journal round-up: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 20(3) - The Academic Health Economists' Blog
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d like to write a journal round-up, get in touch. Hello. It's been a while. I…