Add to Calendar Implementing a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax has emerged as a crucial strategy for enhancing public health and fostering policy innovation. Globally, around 50 countries have adopted SSB taxes, with many more planning to do so. These measures have led to lower consumption of sugary drinks and have encouraged manufacturers to reduce the […]

The IHEA/IAPHR/The Patient Joint Webinar Series Best Practice in Health Preference Research finishes with an overview of survey design and testing in health preference research. Following the conceptualization of a well-formulated and relevant research question, selection of an appropriate stated-preference method, and related methodological issues, researchers are tasked with developing a survey instrument. A major […]

Add to your calendar!      The IHEA/IAPHR/The Patient Joint Webinar Series Good Practice in Health Preference Research has a festive treat in store - an additional webinar in the series on the analysis of DCE data for health preference research. This webinar provides an introduction to statistical analysis of choice data using example data from a […]

Add to Calendar! In this session, we will start giving an overview of the relevance of strategic purchasing to progress towards universal health coverage, the key elements of strategic purchasing and the related policy instruments. This will include specification of benefits (including conditions of access, such as referral systems and cost-sharing), provider selection, provider payment […]

Add to Calendar!  Are you an early-career health economist considering a move beyond academia? Join us for an exciting panel discussion with three health economists "shifters", who will share their personal journeys of transitioning across sectors. From academia to industry, non-profit, or government roles, our "shifters" panelists will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and strategies involved […]

Add to Calendar! The rise in availability of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) products may generate important tobacco-related health benefits if those who would otherwise use combustible cigarettes substitute toward ENDS. According to the National Academies of Sciences (2018), while electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is not without risk, it is substantially less harmful to respiratory, […]

Add to Calendar! Professor Payne will present an overview of her research that has focussed on generating economic evidence to understand the potential impact of introducing pharmacogenetic testing into a healthcare system. Taking a UK focus, she will present examples of her work that illustrate some of the key challenges and uncertainties that need to […]

Add to Calendar!  In this session, we will start giving an overview of the relevance of strategic purchasing to progress towards universal health coverage, the key elements of strategic purchasing and the related policy instruments. This will include specification of benefits (including conditions of access, such as referral systems and cost-sharing), provider selection, provider payment […]

Add to Calendar! We study habit formation in annual biometric health screenings using a field experiment that randomly assigned financial incentives to 4,799 employees over three years. We document evidence of strong habit formation from initial exposure: completing the first screening raised subsequent screening rates by 32.4-36.0 percentage points (84%-90%) in the second and third […]

Add to Calendar! Several studies have documented that the early life health endowment is predictive of later life earnings. We demonstrate this again, using historical data from America and Sweden. In both cases, we identify skill acquisition as a pathway. In a departure from most existing research, we show that realization of the full potential […]

Add to Calendar!  Join us for a webinar exploring the intricacies of benefit, financing, and fiscal incidence analyses in the health sector. This session will feature three case studies from diverse countries—Indonesia, Sierra Leone, and the United Kingdom—representing different income groups and regions. Following the presentations, experts will engage in a lively discussion on the […]