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April 17, 2008

iHEAweek 2008 no. 104 (April 17)

iHEA’s weekly periodical http://healtheconomics.org/


This issue of iHEAweek: April 17, 2008

  • Community News
  • Jobs: Sabin Vaccine Institute, Eli Lilly, Monash and 14 more
  • Conferences & Call for Abstracts: 7
  • Education: 1
  • Journal ToC: EJHE
  • Colophon: Publication Information

COMMUNITY NEWS

The third issue of the electronic newsletter from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), at the University of York , is available at:

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/pdf/chenewsapril08.pdf

The newsletter is circulated three times per year. If you would like to find out more about any of the articles in the newsletter, you can contact them at che-news@york.ac.uk.

As well, further information on CHE can be found on their website: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/


The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are holding their 3rd joint essay competition for the under-30s on the theme: “Climate change and health: research challenges for the health of vulnerable populations”

Deadline: 30 April 2008

Click here for more information and a complete description of the competition

  • A selection of shortlisted essays will be published in an anthology as well as on the Global Forum and Lancet websites.
  • Winners will be invited to take part (with all expenses paid) in the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health, which will take place in Bamako, Mali, from 17 to 19 November 2008.
  • Staff members of the Global Forum or of the Lancet or their immediate families are ineligible to enter the competition, as are authors of shortlisted essays published in 2006 and 2007.

For any questions, please contact: Susan Jupp susan.jupp@globalforumhealth.org or F McLellan f.mclellan@elsevier.com


JOBS

Senior Research Analyst: CVS Caremark
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002729.html
May 05, 2008 | Analyst | Location: Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA

Full-Time Research Assistant Professor / Health Economist: University of Washington, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002763.html
June 02, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

Health Economics Manager (UK-based): Smith & Nephew
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002770.html
May 02, 2008 | Manager | Location: UK

Consultants, Advocacy Project for Sustainable Immunization Financing: The Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002760.html
May 16, 2008 | Consultant/Advisor

Professor and Director, Centre for Health Economics: Monash University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002772.html
June 19, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Monash, Victoria, Australia

Lecturer (Fixed term for five years): London School of Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002769.html
April 29, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: London, England, UK

Associate Professor / Professor (Clinical, Social & Administrative Sciences) and Director, Center for Medication Use, Policy & Economics: University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002720.html
April 17, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Program Manager: New York University School of Medicine
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002768.html
May 31, 2008 | Manager | Location: New York City, New York, USA

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Health Economics: Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002767.html
May 20, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Outcomes Research Scientist: Eli Lilly and Company
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002766.html
May 02, 2008 | Researcher/Co-ordinator

Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher (Epidemiology): Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002765.html
May 02, 2008 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: San Francisco, California, USA

Associate Professor / Professor (Clinical, Social & Administrative Sciences) and Director, Center for Medication Use, Policy & Economics: University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002720.html
April 17, 2008 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

(Associate) Director Market Access: Mapi Values
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002761.html
May 31, 2008 | Directorship | Location: The Netherlands

Health Economist: Kidney Health Research Group & the Alberta Health Technology Assessment Coalition
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002711.html
April 11, 2008 | Health Economist | Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Health Economist (08-105HCS): Center for Health Programs, Management Sciences for Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002732.html
May 15, 2008 | Health Economist | Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Health Economist /Senior Health Economist (8117): Roche
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002722.html
April 07, 2008 | Health Economist | Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Chair in Markets for Health Professionals: McMaster University
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/002755.html
May 22, 2008 | Research Chair | Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


CONFERENCES & CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

III Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics: Cuban Society of Health Economics (Sociedad Cubana de Economia de la Salud, SCES)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002762.html
October 28, 2008 | Health Economics | Location: Havana, Cuba

3rd Annual Pharmacovigilance Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002764.html
June 11, 2008 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: London, England, UK

2008 Summer Evaluation Institute: American Evaluation Association and the Centers for Disease Control
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002750.html
June 23, 2008 | Public Health | Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Active Living Research (Call for Proposals & 2008 Annual Conference)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002740.html
May 14, 2008 | Health Research | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Special Issue: Health Care Management Science: Management Science and Economics of Medical Devices for Health Care & Policy
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002759.html
June 30, 2008 | Health Care

Sixth Annual Southeastern Health Economics Study Group Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002757.html
October 17, 2008 | Health Economics | Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Special Issue of “Health Economics”: China’s Health Care System
http://www.healtheconomics.org/call-for-abstracts/002702.html
July 31, 2008 | Health Economics |


EDUCATION

Indirect and Mixed Treatment Comparisons
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/002771.html
September 17, 2008 | Short Course | Location: Leicester, England, UK


JOURNAL ToC

The European Journal of Health Economics: Volume 9, Number 2 / May, 2008 Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, ISSN 1618-7598 (Print) 1618-7601 (Online) http://www.springerlink.com/content/n45601563mq8/

  1. The CHESME Health Economic Evaluations Database (CHESME HEED) project (p 99-101)
    Dimitrios Rovithis and Lycurgus Liaropoulos
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-008-0099-0

  2. Costing maternal health services in South Tanzania: A case study from Mtwara Urban District (p 103-115) Claudia von Both, Albrecht Jahn and Steffen Fleßa
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0048-3

  3. Primary physicians’ response to changes in fees (p 117-125)
    Jostein Grytten, Fredrik Carlsen and Irene Skau
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0049-2

  4. The search for good compliance: economic aspects of a conveyed combination pharmaco-therapy, exemplified by an osteoporosis therapy (p 127-136)
    Peter Oberender and Jürgen Zerth
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0051-8

  5. Methodological issues in undertaking independent cost-effectiveness analysis for NICE: the case of therapies for ADHD (p 137-145)
    Susan C. Griffin, Helen L. A. Weatherly, Gerry A. Richardson and Mike F. Drummond
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0052-7

  6. The role of non-need factors in individual GP utilisation analysis and their implications for the pursuance of equity: a cross-country comparison (p 147-156)
    P. McGregor, P. McKee and C. O’Neill
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0053-6

  7. Eligibility for free GP care, “need” and GP visiting in Ireland (p 157-163)
    A. Nolan and B. Nolan
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0054-5

  8. Economic evaluation of the treatment of type 2 diabetes with insulin glargine based on the LAPTOP trial (p 165-170)
    Hans Uwe Janka and Barbara Högy
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0057-2

  9. Cost utility analysis of early adjuvant letrozole or anastrozole versus tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with early invasive breast cancer: the UK perspective (p 171-183)
    Jonathan Karnon, Thomas Delea and Vicki Barghout
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0058-1

  10. The impact of generic substitution on price competition in Finland (p 185-191)
    Ville Aalto-Setälä
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0059-0

  11. Spillover of cause-specific longevity interventions: an independent mortality risk model (p 193-201)
    Liqun Liu
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0060-7

  12. Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of immunoglobulin treatment in patients with antibody deficiencies from the perspective of the German statutory health insurance (p 203)
    Barbara Högy, Heinz-Otto Keinecke and Michael Borte
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-005-0308-z


COLOPHON

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