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Direct and Indirect Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine – Healthcare Economist

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Direct and Indirect Effects of COVID-19 Vaccine – Healthcare Economist

Ak January 4, 2026

Clinical trials focus on the modeled (direct) effects of vaccines on health outcomes (for example, reduction in...

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The Relevance of Higher-Order Risk Preferences – Healthcare Economist

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The Relevance of Higher-Order Risk Preferences – Healthcare Economist

Ak January 1, 2026

This is the title of a recent paper by Schneider and Sutter (2026). While many people are...

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The EU pharmaceutical package and most-favored nation pricing – A paradox in European policy design – Healthcare Economist

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The EU pharmaceutical package and most-favored nation pricing – A paradox in European policy design – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 29, 2025

In my latest guest column evidence baseI am joined by my colleague...

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What are rural emergency hospitals? – Healthcare Economist

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What are rural emergency hospitals? – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 26, 2025

Rural emergency hospital (REH) is a new Medicare provider type created to preserve essential emergency and outpatient...

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When to Use Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies? – Healthcare Economist

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When to Use Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies? – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 23, 2025

This is the title of a useful article by Karnan and Haji...

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Links

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Links

Ak December 20, 2025

The FDA qualified the first AI drug development tool in MASH. Medicaid has no effect on crime...

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The rise of concierge medicine – Healthcare Economist

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The rise of concierge medicine – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 17, 2025

From Zhu et al. in (2025) health matters, Primary care physicians have...

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2025 Books of the Year – Healthcare Economist

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2025 Books of the Year – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 14, 2025

As I do every year, here are the books I read and enjoyed this year. non-fiction, How...

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Lessons from Singapore – Healthcare Economist

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Lessons from Singapore – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 11, 2025

Republicans are pushing for increased use of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). HDHPs have increased over time, from...

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Should health care spending make up 35% of GDP? – Healthcare Economist

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Should health care spending make up 35% of GDP? – Healthcare Economist

Ak December 8, 2025

Maybe at least according to Tyler Cowen. Here’s an excerpt from his...

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