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OrganizationWeb Portal 2024International Health Economics Association
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA), founded in 1994, works to increase communication between health …
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA), founded in 1994, works to increase communication between health economists, instill higher standards for applying economics to health and health care systems, and assist health economists with career growth. iHEA facilitates biennial congresses attended by more than 1,500 individuals, disseminates information on health economics events, job opportunities and other news. Members include over 2,000 professionals from more than 80 countries who work on a broad range of methodological and empirical aspects…
Priority Setting/Ethics | Health/Medicine | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024One Health Trust
One Health Trust, formally the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), was founded …
One Health Trust, formally the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), was founded with the objective of using research to support better decision-making in health policy. One Health Trust researchers employ a range of expertise—including economics, epidemiology, disease modeling, risk analysis, and statistics—to conduct actionable, policy-oriented research on malaria, antibiotic resistance, disease control priorities, environmental health, alcohol and tobacco, and other global health priorities. One Health Trust projects are global in scope, spanning…
Mathematical Models | Health/Medicine | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Technology Assessment | Infectious Diseases | Chronic Disease/Risk | Social Determinants | Environmental Health | Policy/Regulation | Climate/Environment | Economics/Finance | Global | Sub-Saharan Africa | Asia & Pacific -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024Society for Judgment and Decision-Making
The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the …
The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary academic organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of judgments and decisions. Its members include psychologists, economists, organizational researchers, decision analysts, and other decision researchers. Online resources include links to publications, teaching resources, course syllabi, blogs and PhD Programs all related to Judgment and Decision Making. The Society's primary event is its Annual Meeting at which Society members present their research.…
Preferences/Values | Health/Medicine | Decision Theory | Decision Psychology | Business/Industry | Government/Law | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024MCDM
Founded in 1998 out of a special interest group on multi-criteria decision making, The International Society …
Founded in 1998 out of a special interest group on multi-criteria decision making, The International Society for Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) develops, tests, evaluates and applies methodologies for solving multiple criteria decision making problems. They foster interaction and research in the scientific field of multiple criteria decision making, and work with other organizations in the study of management from a quantitative perspective. Resources available from MCDM include conferences, lists of software used for multi-criteria decision making…
Priority Setting/Ethics | Health/Medicine | Decision Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Technology Assessment | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Business/Industry | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024Results for Development
Results for Development (R4D) was founded in 2008, with a mission to create self-sustaining systems …
Results for Development (R4D) was founded in 2008, with a mission to create self-sustaining systems that support health, educated people, while ensuring that local change agents are in the driver’s seat, and that knowledge is transformed into action. Their work supports sustainable progress in health, education and nutrition, and puts data users at the center of all efforts. They develop tools - including dashboards, scorecards and performance metrics - in a way that is designed to solve practical…
Priority Setting/Ethics | Health/Medicine | Costing Methods | Evidence Synthesis | Technology Assessment | Infectious Diseases | Child/Nutrition | Health Systems | Climate/Environment | Education/Labor | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024ISOQOL
The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), established in 1993, is a non-profit …
The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), established in 1993, is a non-profit society to advance the scientific study of health-related quality of life and other patient-centered outcomes to identify effective interventions, enhance the quality of health care and promote the health of populations. ISOQOL provides a networking opportunity for those in the quality of life research field. ISOQOL fosters exchange of information through: scientific publications, international conferences, educational short-courses and online webinars, and collaborative…
Preferences/Values | Health/Medicine | Health Outcomes | Global -
GuidelinesPublication 2016Decision Models in Clinical Preventive Services Recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) develops evidence-based recommendations about preventive care based on …
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) develops evidence-based recommendations about preventive care based on comprehensive systematic reviews of the best available evidence. Decision models provide a complementary, quantitative approach to support the USPSTF as it deliberates about the evidence and develops recommendations for clinical and policy use. This article describes the rationale for using modeling, an approach to selecting topics for modeling, and how modeling may inform recommendations about clinical preventive services.
Mathematical Models | Health/Medicine | Health Outcomes | Evidence Synthesis | Decision Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | North America -
GuidelinesPublication 2016Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
This article provides an overview of the main recommendations of the 2016 Second Panel on …
This article provides an overview of the main recommendations of the 2016 Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. In 1993, the U.S. Public Health Service convened the first panel of experts to review the state of cost-effectiveness analysis and to develop guidelines for its use in health, to improve quality and promote comparability. Scientists and scholars in economics, clinical medicine, ethics, and statistics met to share expertise and develop recommendations by consensus. The…
Priority Setting/Ethics | Health/Medicine | Costing Methods | Evidence Synthesis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Technology Assessment | North America -
ReviewPublication 2016Remembering Howard Raiffa
Howard Raiffa (1924-2016) had a profound influence on all aspects of the decision sciences and on …
Howard Raiffa (1924-2016) had a profound influence on all aspects of the decision sciences and on the fields of systems analysis and operations research. He guided the introduction of the decision sciences into numerous fields such as business, medicine, public health, the environmental sciences, and law, and was instrumental in building world-recognized institutions such as the Kennedy School at Harvard and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis near Vienna, Austria. This article is a thoughtful tribute by…
Preferences/Values | Health/Medicine | Decision Theory | Decision Analysis | Operations Research | Business/Industry | Economics/Finance | Military/Defense | North America