Quarantines and ageism
The Covid pandemic has entailed a range of restrictions on our freedoms. It has led lawmakers to act in ill-liberal ways that go beyond what is… Read More »Quarantines and ageism
Policy
Should the fox run the hen house?
Comment on: Drawing light from the pandemic: Rethinking strategies for health policy and beyond https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851021002918 My view is that the pandemic highlighted the failure of… Read More »Should the fox run the hen house?
National Insurance [NI] is a tax that should be repurposed
NI is a type of ‘insurance’ that morphed into a tax which in reality is a just another type of tax on income. It is… Read More »National Insurance [NI] is a tax that should be repurposed
Valorisation: is that even a word?
Comment on: Stakeholder consultation on the guiding principles for knowledge valorisation, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2ba4fdb7-5bc9-11ec-91ac-01aa75ed71a1/language-en Valorisation is a term used, in German, by Marx. It means value-adding activities… Read More »Valorisation: is that even a word?
Academic Health Science Centres, revisited
Comment on: Revisiting academic health sciences systems a decade later: discovery to health to population to society https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01752-9/fulltext Timely update in Lancet on academic health… Read More »Academic Health Science Centres, revisited
Think like a virus: pandemic preparedness
Now that we are in the midst of a pandemic, I thought it would be of interest to post a section of a report I… Read More »Think like a virus: pandemic preparedness
Political reality and the market in ideas: why research fails to inform policy
The demand for policy is influenced by a constellation of factors, including timing; there are windows (called ‘policy windows’) when some things can be done,… Read More »Political reality and the market in ideas: why research fails to inform policy
Behavioural economics: payer psychology and market access
This is another article in my continuing commentary on market access and politics. The focus in this case is to look more closely at behaviours… Read More »Behavioural economics: payer psychology and market access
Market and government failure: market access politics
This article is a continuation of my commentary on the politics of healthcare with particular focus on issues that likely interest those involved in market… Read More »Market and government failure: market access politics
Healthcare Cognology: autonomous agency for patient empowerment and system reform
Healthcare systems have been slowly evolving toward a model of care delivery that seeks to leave behind the traditional medical model, based on fighting diseases… Read More »Healthcare Cognology: autonomous agency for patient empowerment and system reform