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.
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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?’
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.
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