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Economist, Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds. @auhe-leeds.bsky.social All views my own. https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/staff/871/dr-edward-webb #HealthEconomics

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Dammit, Jim.

26.09.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bernhard, Juanita and Nils take a selfie at the front of a conference room filled with Plenary attendees.

Bernhard, Juanita and Nils take a selfie at the front of a conference room filled with Plenary attendees.

Bernhard presenting at the 42nd EuroOol Plenary 2025, standing beside a screen displaying a welcome message with the logo of EuroOol.

Bernhard presenting at the 42nd EuroOol Plenary 2025, standing beside a screen displaying a welcome message with the logo of EuroOol.

Nils and Juanita on stage, in front of a presentation screen displaying a slide with the text "Welcome - Plenary Chairs" and the EuroQol logo with a world map graphic.

Nils and Juanita on stage, in front of a presentation screen displaying a slide with the text "Welcome - Plenary Chairs" and the EuroQol logo with a world map graphic.

Pictured: Local host Bernhard Michalowsky joins Plenary Chairs Juanita Haagsma & Nils Gutacker on stage πŸ“Έ πŸ˜„

Together, they welcomed EuroQol members & guests to the #EuroQolPlenary2025. We're looking forward to insightful discussions in the scientific programmes ahead.

24.09.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
What Robin Wrigglesworth did in the Great War

What Robin Wrigglesworth did in the Great War

22.09.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm currently on my way to the #EuroQolPlenary2025 in Vienna!

Very much looking forward to it, I always learn so much from these meetings.

For example, this time I've already learned not to fly with Brussels Airlines.

#EQ5D #HealthEconomics

22.09.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic featuring a world map background with text announcing updated version of the EQ-5D-5L User Guide has been released.

Graphic featuring a world map background with text announcing updated version of the EQ-5D-5L User Guide has been released.

πŸ“£ News for EQ-5D-5L users!

The User Guide has been updated from v3.1 to v4.0. What's new πŸ‘‡
- Digital-first focus in new Section 11
- Overhauled translations & admin modes
- Fresh updates incl. sample paper version and clarified guidance

πŸ“₯ Download: https://bit.ly/46lyFj8

16.09.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The main centre-right party in Denmark is Venstre, which literally means left.

15.09.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
You magnificent bastard! I read your book!

You magnificent bastard! I read your book!

10.09.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if they thought "GrandDaddy Cool"?

10.09.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit skeeting FT journos.

09.09.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Surely you can't be serious?

09.09.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"And that's why we should spend the money on shoring up our defence instead of Isak"

01.09.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Football, LMFAO. (Or whatever Fergie said that time.)

27.08.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's no' Finnish, he's 28.

23.08.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And now they're X-tweeters.

25.07.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, serious answer: many books by John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society of course, but also things like his history of the Wall Street Crash, The World Economy Since the Wars, etc.

05.07.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Microeconomic Theory by Mas-Colell, Whinston and Green.

05.07.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So basically, you're going to roll with it?

04.07.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of Wes Streeting MP, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, walking out of Downing Street with a smile on his face. Below is text that reads: Breaking news. The UK Government's new 10 Year Health Plan could help more terminally ill people get the support they need at home.

A photo of Wes Streeting MP, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, walking out of Downing Street with a smile on his face. Below is text that reads: Breaking news. The UK Government's new 10 Year Health Plan could help more terminally ill people get the support they need at home.

🚨 πŸ“ The UK Government has announced its 10 Year Health Plan.

The plan aims to shift care from hospitals to communities by creating a new Neighbourhood Health Service.

βœ… It’s good news for people living with a terminal illness. Here’s why 🧡 (1/7)

03.07.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see @bryonyd2.bsky.social discussing β€œEconomic evaluation of a brief psychological intervention for depression in patients with type II diabetes in Pakistan and Bangladesh (DiaDeM): Do different perspectives make a difference?” at #HESG Summer 2025 in Brighton. #HealthEcon #GlobalHealth

30.06.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great discussion of @juetarthur.bsky.social 's paper on "Arthritis and employment: Mapping the wellbeing pathway through job changes" from Xiaoyu Zhang @kingshealth.bsky.social

#HESG #Brighton
@adam-martin.bsky.social @beardy-econ.bsky.social

30.06.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I see work are making us upgrade to Windows 11.

25.06.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was it Xenu's?

25.06.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ramzi Fayad presenting our work in circular economy at the EURO2025 OR conference in Leeds @auhe-leeds.bsky.social

24.06.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Werner Herzog's Star Wars, where he just films a depressed porg heading out on its own into the wilderness to die.

19.06.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Shame they're stuck in the lower half of the Championship these days.

17.06.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Julius Caesar, Silvio Berlusconi, Pope Pius XII, Sofia Loren, Francesco Totti, Vittorio Emanuele II, vi har slΓ₯tt dem alle sammen, vi har slΓ₯tt dem alle sammen! Giorgia Meloni, can you hear me? Giorgia Meloni ... your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!

06.06.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A potential problem is that (some) institutions may not have incentives to introduce AI-proof exams if they cause too many students to fail, given the potential loss of fee revenue.

29.05.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump
Only
Acts
Decisively

in the

Hope
Of
Legal
Extortion

29.05.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Hey gyuees, I'm crazy random Hitler lol!" does seem markedly less funny when you're still thinking about the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto.

23.05.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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