Why HOC online?
Well, you told us you all want HOC to be more accessible, and we also found out that you don’t just like to read, but want to write articles and comments…
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Welcome to our new look HOC!
Welcome to our new format of Health Outcomes Communicator. Following the survey of our readers – thanks for all your valuable comments – we have revamped HOC to be a more interactive online newsletter.
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Is it time for NICE to revise its threshold?
By Mary Gabb ([email protected]) “There just isn’t, and never will be, enough money to provide every possible service” – a reminder to participants of the NICE Citizens Council (November 27–29,…
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Medical writing: vigilance for ethics
By Robert Hand ([email protected]) As of the beginning of this year, the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) has added its code of ethics to membership application and renewal materials. New…
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Talking risk: how to communicate health outcomes to non-health economists
By Julie Stauffer ([email protected]) You’ve scrutinized the data, crunched the numbers and arrived at a solid risk assessment. But how do you communicate that information so that great-aunt Betty can…
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2009 brings a move toward ending pharma freebies
By Mary Gabb ([email protected]) January 1, 2009 – typically a day of new beginnings – marked the beginning of the end of SWAG (stuff we all get, or freebies) for…
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Medical tourism: way of the future or flight of fancy?
By David Woods ([email protected]) The European Union is moving to strengthen rights of EU patients to seek care in countries other than their own, while the UK government has stated…
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Universal healthcare in the US? Not yet, but probably soon
With President-elect Obama’s proposed plan to reform the US healthcare system, this will be the closest the US has gotten to universal health coverage. We provide a snapshot of the Obama healthcare plan and highlight some of the criticisms it has received from health economists.
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Is it time for a government-run national health system in the US?
By David Woods ([email protected]) With healthcare in the US consuming about 16% of GNP, or around 2 trillion dollars a year, and still leaving an estimated 47 million people uninsured,…
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Tough choices about expensive drugs
By Mary Gabb ([email protected]) The UK ‘s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recently ruled that four drugs used to treat advanced kidney cancer are not effective…
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