Performing and using cost-effectiveness analyses is a core activity for many of us working in HEOR. Many shortcomings of CEA are well known (it fails to account for budget impact, “real option value”, “the value of hope”, etc.), but CEA as currently performed has an even bigger problem than any of those: equity. Continue Reading
In yet another sign of just how dysfunctional and Kafkaesque our healthcare system has become, consider a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of data for all inpatient surgical discharges… Continue Reading
I did a radio interview last week with KZYX public radio in Mendocino, CA. The topic was one near and dear to my heart – the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Towards the end of the show, the host asked me… Continue Reading
