Category: Miscellaneous
Increased access to articles in JAMA
JAMA and it’s related sister journals as part of the JAMA Network have adopted a new publishing policy, moving the journal not entirely into the open access space, but one that will give individuals access to JAMA articles on other sites. JAMA editors write: Beginning in 2023, JAMA and all of the journals in the JAMA Network…
Incentivizing increased fertility
Hungary has a controversial approach: …Hungary has exempted mothers of four or more children from income taxes for life…Victor Orban, the country’s prime minister, has justified it as a way to boost the population without allowing immigration to rise. Hat tip: The Economist.
Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy’s new website!
FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy has a new website: FTIchep.com. The website highlights our key staff, services and recent publications. Check it out!
Be back soon
Healthcare Economist will be on vacation this week. Posts will resume on Monday, December 27.
Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy brochure
Check out FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy‘s new services sheet here. The cover page and overview of some of our HEOR services are below. More details on the full scope of health economics services that we offer can be found here.
Economic Analysts: FTI Consulting Ranked #1
FTI Consulting was ranked #1 in the global Economic Analysts category for Chambers Litigation Support Guide 2021. Congratulations to the entire FTI team!
Resolving disputes rationally
Perhaps your friend–let’s call him Karl–thinks that a single payer system is the best health care system. Perhaps another friend–let’s call him Friedrich–disagrees and believe more free market systems work better. Karl thinks that Friedrich doesn’t care about poor people. Friedrich think your friend is naive in believing that the government would do a good…