February 2024 - Sugar, COVID-19 models and DRGs Health Econ On The Go

Welcome to the second episode of Health Econ On The Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from January 2024, touching on the impact of taxes on the consumption of sugary beverages, types of epidemiological and macroeconomic models and a review of payment reform in the inpatient sector. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode: 


 ⁠“Availability and Coverage of New Drugs in 6 High-Income Countries With Health Technology Assessment Bodies" available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851023002750
“Evaluation of changes in price and purchases following implementation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes across the US" available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2813506
⁠“A scoping review and taxonomy of epidemiological-macroeconomic models of COVID-19" available here: https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(23)06154-5/fulltext
⁠“The end of an era? Activity-based funding based on diagnostic-related groups: a review of payment reforms in the inpatient sector in 10 high-income countries" available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851023002750