Mid-Week Links
Something from nothing. Cause and effect. Just Say No To Public Health. The real problem of Medicare Set-Asides. Neglected tropical diseases in Detroit
Tag: Links
Links
Does debt cause depression? Ghostwriting and hormone replacement therapy. Dendreon CEO cashes in at $28 million. AIDS treatment and infection rates. Easy access, less generous disability insurance.
Friday Links
Obama makes hospitals allow gay visitation rights. Geographic variation in hip replacement costs. Postoperative sepsis rates increase 8%. Which heartburn treatments are cost effective? A life-threatening disease invades the pacific northwest.
Friday Links
Gooznews: Whether to save money be reducing prices or quantity. Do new drugs decrease health spending? Do new cancer drugs and imaging techniques reduce mortality? Preventive care’s true cost. Wooing half-hearted terrorists. Does it matter if you eat your fruits and veggies?
Tuesday Links
Which countries are the most capitalist and most communist. Private healthcare in Spain. Medicare sanctions Aetna’s Part D plan. Test for chlamydia after every new sexual partner. Faith-based health insurance. VA invests more in EHR than private sector.
Cavalcade of Risk + Links
The latest edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at Political Calculations. This edition of the CoR even uses an innovative bond-style rating systems to assist readers (the Healthcare Economist post received a Aa2 rating). Here are some additional links: Does WIC improve infant health? Can life sciences replace the car industry in Michigan?…
Links
Media cancer coverage ignores end-of-life hospice care option. Cost of hospital-acquired infections: $8 billion/year. Healthcare around the world. Markets Make People Fairer. To improve life expectancy, don’t focus on expanding insurance coverage. Hospitals, Medicaid Managed-Care Stocks Rise On Health Vote. Explaining Muslim longevity in India.
Links
Health tourism in Germany & hospital privatization in Poland. Private insurer’s enrollee turnover makes preventive care a poor investment. Don’t blame the insurance companies. Tyler Cowen on Managed Care. The ‘12 cent problem.’ No change in the share of Medicare costs for end-of-life care. The medicalization of life.
100th Edition of the CoR plus other links
Russell Hutchinson presents the 100th edition of the Cavalcade of Risk. Here are some other links of interest German Ministry of Health considers a 20-30% cut in hospital beds. Best and worst health reform ideas according to a libertarian. The median salary change for faculty members in 2009-10 was 0 percent. Should nurses be able…
Thursday Links
Today, we’ll start today off with some humor: Graphic on drug commercials. And then move on to more serious issues: How healthy is your county? Health reform in Bulgaria. 2009 Medical Weblog Awards. The conventional wisdom that Africa is not reducing poverty is wrong. The chicken and the egg: cost control or coverage? Nicole Kidman‘s pre-existing conditions.