One of the new publications that appeared in my searches this week was this paper on “Next-Generation Sequencing vs Culture-Based Methods for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis”, published in The Journal of Arthroplasty. I wrote about it on this Twitter thread, but I just wanted to expand on a couple of points here.
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New publications in health economics and genomics 9th June 2020
I’ve been sharing weekly updates of new publications in health economics and genomics on social media for a few weeks, but thought it would be useful if I also presented these updates in weekly blog posts.
There are 2 new publications this week:
- Estimating the Costs of Genomic Sequencing in Cancer Control | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32493298/
- Next-Generation Sequencing vs Culture-Based Methods for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31005439/
As I’m putting these in a blog post for the first time, here are the latest publications from the past four weeks too: Continue reading
Just published: Value In Health theme section on assessing the value of clinical genomic testing
Around 12 months ago I joined an exciting new venture: the Population Genomics Health Economists Working Group. This group is made up of health economists and policy researchers from major institutions across the globe who have been at the forefront of the incorporation of genomics into clinical care. The group is chaired by Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD, Director of the Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine (TRANSPERS) at the University of California. You can find out more about the group members here.
The first key output from this working group has been published today: a themed section in the September issue of Value in Health which addresses the challenges and solutions for assessment of the value of clinical genomic testing.
HERC database of health economics and genomics studies launched today
An increasing number of qualitative and quantitative research papers in health economics and genomics have been published in recent years. To keep track of these publications, and to have a useful summary of available publications at hand, researchers at HERC have set up a database of health economics and genomics studies. I have helped to set up this database, as has Sarah Wordsworth, but a first-year PhD student, Patrick Fahr, has undertaken most of the hard work and should receive the lion’s share of the credit!
