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Critical comments on health economics and policy
29 d’agost 2014
The deprivation of human rights and the health crisis
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The situation in northern Irak is critical. More than 1.4 million displaced people, severe human rights abuses and violation of internation...
28 d’agost 2014
The people's support for public health care
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If you want to know what may drive you to participate in a demonstration, just ask the people. This is precisely what CEO report has done w...
27 d’agost 2014
Copayments as deterrents
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If you want to know if copayments deter drug consumption just ask the people.This is precisely what CEO has done. In their report p.33 the...
26 d’agost 2014
The uncertainty over genomics sequencing value in clinical decision making
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Assessing Genomic Sequencing Information for Health Care Decision Making: Workshop Summary "The value of genetic sequence information...
25 d’agost 2014
Consensus in health policy
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Some months ago I posted on the same topic . Now you can read my short article in the annual report of the Col.legi de Metges .(text in cat...
19 d’agost 2014
Statistical vs. identifiable lives
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Do We Really Value Identified Lives More Highly Than Statistical Lives? The recent Ebola evacuated case exemplifies the concept created ...
18 d’agost 2014
Inconvenient reasons
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International statistics provide useful information on trends and allow to compare between countries. This is only true if all countries do ...
17 d’agost 2014
Health as a shared responsibility
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During our lifetime we are exposed to risks, some of them are preventable while others not. Prevention is a shared responsibility, individu...
14 d’agost 2014
Enough is enough
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If there is a grey area in medical devices and services regulation, this is the Laboratory Developed Tests one. Up to now, FDA has refused t...
29 de juliol 2014
Failures and successes of the engines of democracy: Politics and Policymaking
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Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better Our democracy finally has been created to deliver specific outcomes. However, citi...
24 de juliol 2014
When bad science leads to bad policy
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The Corruption of Peer Review Is Harming Scientific Credibility Nothing new, scientific peer review is a process under suspicion. The Guar...
10 de juliol 2014
Doctor crisis. What crisis?
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The Doctor Crisis: How Physicians Can, and Must, Lead the Way to Better Health Care Last May I saw this press release about a book by a ph...
09 de juliol 2014
Morbidity adjusted life-expectancy
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OBTENCIÓN DE LA ESPERANZA DE VIDA Y DESCOMPOSICIÓN EN ESTADOS DE SALUD A PARTIR DE INFORMACIÓN CLÍNICA I have always considered that any e...
03 de juliol 2014
Healthy and satisfied
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Enquesta de salut de Catalunya Latest data from the 2013 Health Survey shows that 81,1% of the population consider themselves as healthy,...
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