Katharina Blankart

The editorial boards of seven leading health econ journals are taking a stand today against political influence and ideological attacks on peer review and academia. No matter what you study we want to see your scholarship and will NEVER collaborate with suppression. Please repost.

Für im Ausland lebende Deutsche:
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Happy to join the list!

I have a joke about health care costs but I am afraid they are rising so high that you will not be able to reach it.

It is less a matter of the technical tool you use, but how you organize your system. To keep everything together incl regular responsibilities and private commitments, look into the gettingthingsdone.com method. This includes scheduling regular review slots to keep oversight of all projects etc.

The challenges of regulatory pluralism Countries with small and/or less-resourced regulatory authorities that operate outside of a larger medical product regulatory system face a regulatory…

🌍 What happens when you let foreign regulatory pathways oversee your medical products? 🤔 While regulatory pluralism might seem attractive, it brings its own set of challenges. 🚨 In this commentary, we explore these issues in Switzerland 🇨🇭. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1.443.951! Seemingly an early adopter in Rogers diffusion of innovation curve then?

This is worrying when on the one side policy makers advocate guideline compliant practices but on the other side they are grounded on fake data. Recommendations should probably only included if results can be reproduced or replicated in other settings.

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Still looking for faculty and graduate students for the Innsbruck Replication Games on July 5th. Economists, political scientists and psychologists are welcome!

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See what my team members accomplished about health insurance choice ⬇️

Health economists: deadline is tomorrow to submit to the Highland Health Economics Symposium (June 4-6, Oban, Scotland). Submit papers to HHES@terramedica.co.uk.
More details here:
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War in Ukraine “cheat sheet” - Economists for Ukraine This summary can be used as a quick reference and guide to Russia’s war on Ukraine. It is structured by topic and provides links to many articles created by

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu

Here's what you need to know about Russia & its war on Ukraine.

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2 years of war in Ukraine takes its toll to society separating frontline people and their families like www.nzz.ch/podcast/ukra... shows. Let's stand united #Ukraine 🇺🇦

Would assume that Essen does not score too bad here as well.

Thanks, there are other nice factors here as well and I do not mean chocolate or cheese.

Hey Econ-Crew 🦶🦶🦶 as there clearly is a need for a "Workshop on Applied Economics in Digital Health", Ariel Stern, @hannesullrich.com and I are organizing one 6th/7th June in Potsdam (close to Berlin). Details and CfP here: www.digitalhealthecon.org We are excited to seeing you all there in summer 🏄

Office with a view. And note the train tracks.

This should be the take in any regression output with non-significant results.

🔥 Exciting news about my book #CausalAnalysis! A free online version is now available, many thanks to MIT press for making this possible! Here's the link to the open access version: mitpress.ublish.com/ebook/causal...

New year, new role! 🚀 Excited to lead Health Economics and Policy at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health Dept. 🏥 Delving into health tech evaluation, evidence-based policy, and healthcare economics. Collaborating with a talented team for innovative solutions. 🌟

Mathematisch wird 2024 großartig: Es ist die Summe der Kuben aufeinanderfolgender natürlicher Zahlen: 2024=2³+3³+...+9³ Außerdem ist 2024 eine Tetraederzahl: 2024 Kugeln ergeben eine 3seitige Pyramide. Tolle Voraussetzungen - jetzt liegt's an uns! Ein gutes neues Jahr euch allen!

💡Glad to see this paper with Beyers Louw finally published: "On the Nuisance of Control Variables in Causal Regression Analysis" (preprint available on arXiv). doi.org/10.1177/1094...

Just the annual reminder to consider your drink choices wisely digestion-wise when going for a full size cheese fondue. Merry Christmas in any case. 🎄

Unfortunately, no.

No review or modeling, but we analysed the role of EU funding in publication outputs in cardiovascular medtech R&D: openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.ph... we considered geospatial correlation among European regions.

It's Austria, you do not have enough academic titles to read it.

⚠️9 days left to shape up your abstracts if you work on the economics of medicine shortages. Global perspectives on causes and consequences are highly welcome. We have great speakers from policy and academia expected, including former minister of Health of Germany Hermann Gröhe.