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Benjamin Franklin said: "The only things certain in life are death and taxes .". If he had lived here, he would have added "...

Redefining global health-care delivery A remake of what you may already know has been published as article in The Lancet . It could be goo...

An updated release of public health expenditure data has just been published. In 2011, the expenditure on health was 1,330 € per capita , yo...

Eric Topol information into action, Wired Health conference Eric Topol: Information into Action at Wired Health from WIRED on FORA.tv ...

The Economics of Genomic Medicine - Workshop Summary Just imagine for a while that you are concerned about economic implications of genomi...

International Variations in a Selected Number of Surgical Procedures If you want to be astonished by the huge variation on the rate of sur...

Integrating Educational, Environmental, and Behavioral Economic Strategies May Improve the  Effectiveness of Obesity Interventions On top ...

How Health Systems Could Avert 'Triple Fail' Events That Are Harmful, Are Costly,And Result In Poor Patient Satisfaction  While re...

Publicly funded health expenditure reached 9,162m € in 2012 , although the initial budget was 8,756m €. Therefore, the size of the budget de...

The case against patents Some months ago, a WP blog hightlighted a paper by Boldrin and Levine with a straightforward title. Now you can ...

A full-fledged overhaul is needed for a risk and value-based regulation of medical devices in Europe This is exacty what medical devices ...

Default Options In Advance Directives Influence How Patients Set Goals For End-Of-Life Care The end of life is obviously a difficult perio...

The case of Tecfidera deserves a short comment. Imagine a drug for psoriasis, its active ingredient -dimethyl fumarate- modulates the immune...

I'm strongly convinced that strong patent rights spur innovation. In the case of genetics and biomarkers, the impact is even stronger. T...