September 25, 2024 Health 0 Comments What share of physicians are integrated within hospital systems? – Healthcare Economist This questions may be harder to answer than it may seem. While some physicians are fully independent, and others ... Read More
September 23, 2024 FSA 0 Comments Healthcare spending for individuals with FSAs and HSAs – Healthcare Economist In the U.S., health insurance premiums are tax deductible–if paid through out of pocket expenses–but out-of-pocket expenses are not. ... Read More
September 19, 2024 Health 0 Comments Some hopeful trends on opioid overdoses (finally) – Healthcare Economist While opioid overdoses have been rising for decades, trends in most recent times provide us a glimmer of hope. ... Read More
September 17, 2024 Best practices 0 Comments Reporting Checklist for Discrete Choice Experiments in Health – Healthcare Economist What are the key elements for reporting your objective, attributes, experimental design, survey design, data collection process, econometric analysis, ... Read More
September 16, 2024 Cost plus 0 Comments Why is the market design for innovative pharmaceuticals not well understood? – Healthcare Economist That is the title of a fantastic editorial from Olivença et al. (2024). A lot of people when they look at pharmaceutical prices think ... Read More
September 13, 2024 Health 0 Comments Does PBM Market Share Vary by Payer Type? – Healthcare Economist A paper by Qato et al. (2024) quantifies the degree of of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) market concentration. Across ... Read More
September 5, 2024 Health 0 Comments How should family spillover effects be measured in HTA? – Healthcare Economist A paper by Campbell et al. (2024) provides some guidance. The authors developed a series of recommendations based on ... Read More
September 5, 2024 Health 0 Comments What is the right sample size for a qualitative interview study? – Healthcare Economist The answer to this question, of course, depends on your specific research question. However, it is helpful to review ... Read More
September 2, 2024 Employee Benefits 0 Comments Health care for workers – Healthcare Economist On this Labor Day, how is healthcare evolving for workers and firms? First, healthcare spending is on the rise, with costs increasing more than ... Read More
August 26, 2024 Academic Articles 0 Comments How to use the RE-AIM framework to evaluate public health interventions – Healthcare Economist The RE-AIM framework developed by Glasgow et al. (1999) has five evaluation components. Reach: share of people from a ... Read More