Overturning 'conventional wisdom' with 'natural experiments'
Via Reuters ... "Economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel economics prize on Monday for pioneering "natural experiments" to show real-world economic impacts in areas from minimum wage increases in the U.S. fast-food sector to migration from Castro-era Cuba." "One experiment...
Source: reuters.com
US adult life expectancy falling for those without a college degree - Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Is the UK destined to be the next life science hub?
Jason Shafrin explores the question in The Economist about the role of British science in the pandemic and the future of the UK life sciences activity.
"With good data, efficient regulation, an international collection of talent, R&D funds focused on the health care, the UK could see big gains...
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so: One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable
Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so: One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400,000
Source: economist.com
Does more cancer spending increase survival? Healthcare Economist asks ... the answer seems to be yes.
Does more cancer spending increase survival? Healthcare Economist asks ... the answer seems to be yes.
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Is pharma rolling in cash or on the brink of a long-term decline? - Healthcare Economist "Although successful drugs often
Is pharma rolling in cash or on the brink of a long-term decline? - Healthcare Economist "Although successful drugs often are expensive, most drugs fail. Thus, while the returns from a blockbuster drug are large, returns from a companies’ entire portfolio may be very modest. Additionally, finding...
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Amazon to dive into health care? Yes, reports Healthcare Economist "Unsurprisingly, Amazon is also considering healthcare
Amazon to dive into health care? Yes, reports Healthcare Economist "Unsurprisingly, Amazon is also considering healthcare applications for their Echo product as well as their Alex voice assistant. Many may not know, but Amazon is already in the healthcare business, as a leading seller of medical supplies."...
Source: healthcare-economist.com
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400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
Source: 80000hours.org
Will the UK become a “desert for healthcare innovation”? « Healthcare Economist
Will the UK become a “desert for healthcare innovation”? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Health care to comprise 20% of the US economy by 2025 « Healthcare Economist
Health care to comprise 20% of the US economy by 2025 « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
What is a Pseudo R-squared? « Healthcare Economist
What is a Pseudo R-squared? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Can we accurately classify physicians as high vs. low quality? "Medicare aims to tie 90% of reimbursement to quality measures.
Can we accurately classify physicians as high vs. low quality? "Medicare aims to tie 90% of reimbursement to quality measures. The potential for quality-linked reimbursement to incentivized improved quality of care, however, depends critically on whether physician quality can be measured reliably."
Source: healthcare-economist.com
The problem with p-values « Healthcare Economist
The problem with p-values « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Will payers pay for new healthcare technologies « Healthcare Economist
Will payers pay for new healthcare technologies « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Great list of mental models from DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg via the Healthcare Economist. Includes Hanlon's razor,
Great list of mental models from DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg via the Healthcare Economist. Includes Hanlon's razor, Pareto efficiency, survivorship bias, and the Pygmalion effect.
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Trends in Life Expectancy among Older Americans, by Race « Healthcare Economist
Trends in Life Expectancy among Older Americans, by Race « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
How does market structure affect technology adoption? « Healthcare Economist
How does market structure affect technology adoption? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Improving DCE Response Rates « Healthcare Economist
Improving DCE Response Rates « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Is P4P doomed to fail? Asks the Health Economist. Well only if you assume healthcare is a simple process not a multifactorial
Is P4P doomed to fail? Asks the Health Economist. Well only if you assume healthcare is a simple process not a multifactorial complex one.
Source: healthcare-economist.com
The Intuition behind Bayes Theorem « Healthcare Economist
The Intuition behind Bayes Theorem « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
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