Add to Calendar! Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) represent a major improvement in treatment of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular risk reduction, but they are also among the most expensive drugs in widespread use and the subject of significant policy debate. The high price of these drugs may overstate their net cost if the health improvements […]
Add to Calendar! Long before the pandemic, increasingly longer waiting times for hospital treatment in English NHS has been a challenge, directly affecting patient outcomes, service efficiency, and overall healthcare quality. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model that links patients' waiting times for planned treatment to hospital nurses' retention, and postulate the possibility […]
Add to Calendar! This web workshop will explore the relationship between health spending and health outcomes, bringing together empirical evidence from a diverse range of country contexts. Presentations will examine whether increased public investment in health translates into measurable improvements in population health, drawing on case studies from Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, the United […]
Add to Calendar! Is the trade-off between health system efficiency and equity inevitable? This iHEA Health Efficiency SIG webinar brings together evidence from OECD countries (efficiency-equity dynamics), Chile (UHC fragmentation and new inequalities), and the US (public health impact of federal worker layoffs). Host:Â Simon Combes, Lecturer in Health Economics, UCL Global Business School for Health, […]
Add to Calendar! Ever started a project that was meant to be ‘quick and straightforward’? In this webinar, Associate Professor Nikki McCaffrey will share the story behind a scoping review that took almost a decade to complete before publication in Social Science & Medicine. The talk offers a candid, slightly irreverent look at scope creep, […]
📅 Add to Calendar!  |  🎥 Join Webinar on Zoom This panel discussion will feature short presentations from Professor Segun Fatumo (Chair of Genomic Diversity at Queen Mary University of London and Head of Non-Communicable Disease Genomics at the MRC Uganda Research Unit) and Professor Zhu Chen (College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, […]
📅 Add to Calendar! | 🎥 Join Webinar on Zoom The arrival of GLP-1 medications has been described as one of the most important healthcare innovations in recent years. In this webinar, Jasmin Moshfegh (Imperial College Business School) will present large-scale quasi-experimental evidence on the real-world impacts of GLP-1 adoption. Using comprehensive Veterans Health Administration […]
📅 Add to Calendar!  | 🎥 Join Webinar on Zoom Evidence on preferences for care in advanced illness in Asia remains limited, despite rapid ageing, cultural diversity, and constrained palliative care capacity. This session will feature two presentations that explore patient and family priorities, with a view to informing person‑centered care and economic evaluation in […]
📅 Add to Calendar!  | 🎥 Join Webinar on Zoom Speaker: Andria J. N. Sirur is an Assistant Professor in Health Economics at the Manipal School of Commerce and Economics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (An Institute of Eminence), Manipal, India. Her work focuses on health systems, economic evaluation, healthcare policy, and evidence-based research to […]
📅 Add to Calendar! |  🎥 Join Webinar on Zoom Global health financing is at a turning point. With DAH projected to decline by at least 20% from 2025, low-income and fragile states face acute risks to essential health services — from HIV and maternal health to supply chains and health information systems. Join us […]
📅 Add to Calendar!  |  🎥 Join Webinar on Zoom Speaker: Assoc Prof Alison Pearce leads the Health Economics team at the University of Sydney Daffodil Centre – a partnership with the Cancer Council NSW. She uses patient preference studies to improve cancer care by providing relevant, reliable information for decision making. Dr. Amber Salisbury […]
