31 de març 2017

Paying the bill of gene therapy

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GENE THERAPY: Understanding the Science, Assessing the Evidence, and Paying for Value Approximately 12-14 investigational gene therapies ...
24 de març 2017

Rethinking income inequality and health (once again)

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Income Inequality and Health: Strong Theories,Weaker Evidenc e The inequality frame is usually flawed , and this is specially clear when ...
23 de març 2017

Anticipating public concern over genome editing

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Genome editing: an ethical review The Nuffield Council has released a key document on ethical implications of genome editing. You'll n...
22 de març 2017

The value of diagnostic information

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The Value of Knowing and Knowing the Value: Improving the Health Technology Assessment of Complementary Diagnostics Last summer the Office...
16 de març 2017

Falsehood as ingredient of populist health policy

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On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, and What Can Be Done Today I would like to suggest you to read Barack Obama in his ...
03 de març 2017

The value of health, and how to measure it

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Valuing Health: WELL-BEING, FREEDOM, AND SUFFERING Too often people talk about the value of health, and few are those that try to measure ...
02 de març 2017

On sugar as a toxic substance. How little is still too much?

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THE CASE AGAINST SUGAR Last book by Gary Taubes takes a difficult way, how to demonstrate sugar as a toxic substance for our health. Alth...
24 de febrer 2017

Arrow in memoriam

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K. J. Arrow passed away this Wednesday. He is one of the giants of economics and the founder of health economics. It is difficult to summari...
23 de febrer 2017

Genome editing, closer than you think

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Human Genome Editing Science, Ethics, and Governance Last week the US patent office ruled that hotly disputed patents on the CRISPR revol...
20 de febrer 2017

An article that surpasses publication bias

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Evaluación de la efectividad de un programa de atención integrada y proactiva a pacientes crónicos complejos Publication bias (Wikipedia d...
17 de febrer 2017

Satisfaction guaranteed (at a high price)

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Euro Health Consumer Index 2016 The survey has a clear message: the more you have choice on healthcare, the more you are satisfied (in gen...
15 de febrer 2017

A prescription for “high-need, high-cost” patients

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David Blumenthal presented at the recent   OECD health conference the Commonwealth Fund report: Designing a High-Performing Health Care Sy...
13 de febrer 2017

Common challenges and responses to improve healthcare quality

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Caring for quality in health: Lessons learnt from 15 reviews of health care quality Towards actionable international comparisons of healt...
12 de febrer 2017

The coverage of health risk and the extent of generosity

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The Right to Health A Multi-Country Study of Law, Policy and Practice If we look at European Union, the right to health is heterogeneous. ...