Journal round-up: The European Journal of Health Economics 24(2)
Chris summarises the latest issue of EJHE, with a focus on papers relating to the EQ-5D and a review of unemployment and health care use.
Meeting round-up: 7th EuroQol Academy meeting
Chris provides a report on the recent EuroQol Academy meeting, with the theme ‘From cradle to grave: can we measure and value HRQoL consistently over the lifespan?’
Mailing list update (and a survey)
Some updates on our new mailing list, and a request for feedback.
Journal round-up: PharmacoEconomics 40(S2)
David Mott reviews this supplement dedicated to the youth version of the EQ-5D. The research tackles many methodological and theoretical challenges for the the valuation of the EQ-5D-Y-3L instrument.
Edgar Sydenstricker and the history of health economics
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.
Journal round-up: PharmacoEconomics 41(2)
Will Sullivan reviews the February 2023 issue of PharmacoEconomics, highlighting research on the societal perspective in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Meeting round-up: HESG Winter 2023
Chris provides his account of the HESG meeting in Manchester, including his own ‘animal health’ paper, research on the EQ-5D, and some conferencing innovations.
Meeting round-up: EuHEA Conference 2022
Abraham introduces a conference and travel vlog summary of the 2022 EuHEA meeting in Oslo, Norway.
Meeting round-up: HESG Summer 2022
The 100th HESG gets the vlog treatment, with an early career researcher’s perspective on the meeting.
We’ve launched a community calendar and jobs board
You can now promote jobs and events (for free) on the blog. Both are community resources, relying on input from you, dear reader.