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Friday, September 10, 2021
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Considering Health Spending
The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a standard measure that incorporates life expectancy and quality of life and is often used in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Leah Rand and Aaron Kesselheim conducted a systematic literature review of the types of criticism leveled at the QALY and concluded, "The nine major criticisms of QALYs fall into three categories: methodological concerns, criticisms of QALY neutrality, and potential discrimination."
Another health spending study examined high
hospital price regulation.
While consolidation has been shown to yield higher prices, Maximilian Pany and colleagues found that, after adjusting for area wages, high-price hospitals are prevalent across the concentration spectrum and most are in unconcentrated or moderately concentrated markets.
"Limiting policy actions to concentrated hospital markets, particularly when those markets are defined broadly, would likely result in poor targeting of high-price hospitals," they concluded.
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Today on Health Affairs Blog, Ge Bai and coauthors discuss how the Hospital Cost Reports and the Hospital Compare website can encourage greater provision of charity care.
Kasley Killam argues that we need to do more than allocate funding toward addressing social isolation and loneliness among older adults.
In a GrantWatch "People Post," Lee-Lee Prina discusses the comings and goings among staff and boards in the health philanthropy
world.
This fall, we are delighted to introduce a new schedule of free virtual events designed to showcase exciting thinkers, policy makers and policies; drill deeper into our signature content; and hone the skills of a new generation of health policy researchers and aficionados.
Based on the success of our Policy Spotlight series (last session included more than 1,300 registrants), we are expanding our events program to include Lunch & Learns, a Journal Club, and professional development sessions.
Join Health Affairs' Director of Health Equity Vabren Watts and Senior Editor Rob Lott as they discuss the journal's latest efforts to highlight and advance health equity through a new blog cluster, the new Health Equity Advisory Committee, and the Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees.
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