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.
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Meeting round-up: Fifth Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop
The 2022 edition of the Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop ran from the 18th to the 20th of July. Finally, after two years of pandemics and virtual workshops, the format moved back to Essen. Again, the workshop addressed mental health topics over… Read More »Meeting round-up: Fifth Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop
The ‘wheelchair example’ – why it should be dropped from EQ-5D valuation tasks
The EQ Valuation Technology (EQ-VT) protocol has been widely used in the valuation of EuroQol instruments, including in over 25 national EQ-5D-5L value sets and, in an adapted form, the valuation of EQ-5D-Y-3L. Adapted versions of it are also currently… Read More »The ‘wheelchair example’ – why it should be dropped from EQ-5D valuation tasks
Journal round-up: Health Economics 31(7)
Our authors provide regular round-ups of the latest peer-reviewed journals. We cover all issues of major health economics journals as well as other notable releases. Visit our journal round-up log to see past editions organised by publication title. If you’d… Read More »Journal round-up: Health Economics 31(7)