Tag: economics
Blog Posts (8)
April 8, 2013
Orphan Drug Prices Under Siege in Austerity-Minded Europe
“They’ve started looking at how much money…these companies are making… If you make more than a billion dollars out of a product…somebody’s going to wake up and say… you’ve recouped your R&D…you’ve made an...April 2, 2013
Sugar industry’s secret documents echo tobacco tactics
Sugar Association’s intent to use science to defeat critics uncovered by dentist [CBC News] When Cristin Couzens went on the hunt for evidence that Big Sugar had manipulated public opinion, she had no idea what she was doing. She was a dentist, ...March 20, 2013
ACA: HIV Coverage Still Unclear
[MedPage Today] WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) goes a long way to protect gays and lesbians against discrimination, but much of the law’s impact on them — as well as on anyone living with HIV — remains to be seen, ad...February 11, 2013
Availability of Consumer Prices From US Hospitals for a Common Surgical Procedure
The lead author on this breakthrough article, covered by NBC and the New York Times to name a few, is a senior in college at Washington St. Louis! Below is the abstact. The complete study is available for free by clicking the link below. [JAMA Intern...January 14, 2013
New York City Ties Doctors’ Income to Quality of Care
[New York Times] In a bold experiment in performance pay, complaints from patients at New York City’s public hospitals and other measures of their care — like how long before they are discharged and how they fare afterward — will be reflected in ...April 29, 2008
Can you buy changes in health behaviors?
By Stuart Rennie
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear
One for every year he’s away she said
Such a crumbling beauty,
Ach there’s nothing wrong with her
That a hundred dollars won’t fix
Those are lyrics from Tom Waits’ song ’9th and Hennepin.’ They slipped involuntarily into my consciousness when I read about a World Bank study that is being planned in Tanzania.…
April 22, 2008
Corn, oil and hunger
A trio of recent dots from the news stream that practically yell out to be connected:
+ The UN reported this week that rising food prices are pushing 100 million people even deeper into hunger.…
October 4, 2007
Talking about the consequences of chronic disease
The Milken Institute released a report this week totaling the cost of preventable chronic disease in the US. The report’s tally for 2003 was $1.3 trillion.* And when you float a number like that, people tend to notice.…