Health Econ On The Go

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Podcast by Mathilde Vankelegom, Oggun Cano

Health Econ On The Go

Welcome to Health Econ On The Go, a podcast discussing everything about health economics. We will have monthly episodes to review the literature published the previous month and other episodes to deep dive into a health subject with professionals from different sectors, such as the academic, commercial, and public sectors. I am launching with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com
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18 February 2025

February 2025 - Alcohol, salt, TB and waiting times

Hello everyone, 

We are happy to share our new Health Econ On The Go episode. In this episode, we discuss the price society is willing to pay for new drugs, how cash transfer helped tackle TB, a literature review of alcohol and salt and policy modelling and finally the impact of aggregation bias and socioeconomic gradient. 

Papers discussed on this episode: 

  1. “What price is society willing to pay for new drugs?” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02562-5/abstract
  2. "Cash as medicine: How Brazil slashed TB by tackling poverty" available here: available here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/cash-as-medicine-how-brazil-slashed-tb-by-tackling-poverty/
  3. "Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort" available here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03381-0
  4. “Public health economic modelling in evaluations of salt and/or alcohol policies: a systematic scoping review” available here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11707988/
  5. “Aggregation Bias and Socioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions” available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hec.4913
  6. “Current Affairs” Magazine available here: https://www.currentaffairs.org
  7. “Apple cider vinegar” available on Netflix

We are always interested in hearing from you, so if you want us to discuss a specific paper next month or even join us to discuss your work, let us know! 

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16 December 2024

December Special Episode

Welcome to the tenth episode of Health Econ on the Go. This is a special December episode wrapping up 2024 health econ most influential research. We also covered two articles from december 2024, one reviewing public health expenditure in Senegal and another one taking a look on how nosocomial infections affect revenues in german hospitals. Finally, enjoy our cultural recommendations for this winter break. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode:

  1. Public health expenditure in Senegal, available in: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39435395/
  2. Nosocomial infections in German hospitals, available in: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10176-8
  3. Suscribe to the Global Health NOW newsletter in: https://globalhealthnow.org/subscribe
  4. Homeland series, Season 1 review: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/homeland/s01

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17 October 2024

October 2024 - Hospital quality, Alcohol tax reforms & Childhood poverty and Diabetes

Welcome to the ninth episode of Health Econ on the Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from September 2024, reviewing hospital quality in saturated markets, alcohol tax reforms in the UK and the relationship between childhood poverty and type 2 diabetes. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode:

  1. Addressing global gun violence: a Lancet Commission on Global Gun Violence and Health available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01697-0/abstract
  2. Assessing the quality of public services: For-profits, chains, and concentration in the hospital market available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.4861
  3. Estimating the effect of transitioning to a strength-based alcohol tax system on alcohol consumption and health outcomes: a modelling study of tax reform in England available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00191-9/fulltext
  4. Early life socioeconomic inequalities and type 2 diabetes incidence: Longitudinal analyses in the Maastricht study available here: https://www.diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com/article/S0168-8227(24)00765-4/fulltext
  5. No mas bebés on Vimeo (Rent: 5.99 USD): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nomasbebes

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17 September 2024

September 2024 - The Olympics, poverty and breast cancer detection

Welcome to the eight episode of Health Econ on the Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from August 2024, reflecting on energy poverty effects on an aging population, review a combined medical-microfinance intervention for managing hypertension in Kenya, and take a look into how AI-based technology is being evaluated for breast cancer screening in the UK. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

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Papers discussed on this episode:

  1. ⁠Calls for the Olympics to end harmful Coca-Cola sponsorship: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01638-6/abstract
  2. ⁠"The impact of energy poverty on the health and welfare of the middle-aged and older adults” available here: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/publichealth/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1404014/full
  3. "Cost-effectiveness of group medical visits and microfinance interventions versus usual care to manage hypertension in Kenya" available here: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2214-109X%2824%2900188-8
  4. "Cost-Effectiveness of AI for Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening” available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/282325
  5. "Limitarianism" Goodreads link (follow-up from last episode): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141310682-limitarianism
  6. This Podcast Will Kill You: https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/

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15 August 2024

Summer special - Women's health and smoking

Welcome to the special summer episode of Health Econ On The Go. In this episode, we will cover four papers from June and July 2024, touching on women's health, from breast cancer treatment to postpartum haemorrhage, tobacco control and the sale revenues of new drugs. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode: 

  1. Global Health Now: https://globalhealthnow.org
  2. "Cost of illness of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review": https://healtheconomicsreview.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13561-024-00536-0
  3. "Crowding out and impoverishing effect of tobacco in Mexico" available here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37567601/
  4. "Crowding-out effect of tobacco consumption in Serbia" available here: https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/early/2023/03/28/tc-2022-057727.full.pdf
  5. "A cost-effectiveness analysis of early detection and bundled treatment of postpartum hemorrhage alongside the E-MOTIVE trial" available here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03069-5
  6. "Sales Revenues for New Therapeutic Agents Approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration From 1995 to 2014" available here: https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(24)02754-2/fulltext
  7. "Limitarianism" Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141310682-limitarianism

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15 June 2024

June 2024 - One Health, Gifts and Plasma

Welcome to the sixth episode of Health Econ On The Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from May 2024, touching on the economic impact of One Health interventions, the effects of industry gifts to physicians and the different strategies to increase plasma donation. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode: 

  1. "The Impact of Global Health R&D: The high return of investing in R&D for neglected diseases" https://d110txtih22jhy.cloudfront.net/The%20Impact%20of%20Global%20Health%20R&D%20Report.pdf
  2. "This is the world’s best investment: A new study finds that combating malaria, TB, and HIV pays for itself 405 times over." https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/352605/global-health-investment-study-roi
  3. "Current evidence of the economic value of One Health initiatives: A systematic literature review" available here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11103946/
  4. "The cost of influence: How gifts to physicians shape prescriptions and drug costs" available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629624000328?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=88f914ec0924b762
  5. "Incentives for plasma donation" available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vox.13644
  6. "Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health" Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55077565-lifelines

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