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IHE participates at ISPOR, May 13-16 in Montreal, Canada

By annette

IHE participates at the conference with a poster presentation on the importance of using the right prices in the U.S., tailoring your analysis to the question at hand. Poster presentation Tailoring Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) to the U.S. Setting: The Importance of Using the Right Prices Name of authors: Willis Michael, Nilsson Andreas and Neslusan Chery Name …

New IHE report on drug administration costs

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This IHE report questions the accuracy and reliability of using standardized drug administration tariffs from publicly available price lists, such as the Southern Healthcare Region’s Price List (SSPL) in Sweden, in health economic evaluations. These tariffs include unrelated costs (such as the drugs themselves, accounting for up to 76% of the total cost), lack granularity, …

Keynote speech at 14th Baltic Hematology Conference

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At the 14th Baltic Hematology Conference, Thomas Hofmarcher gave a presentation about findings from the IHE Report “Comparator Report on Cancer in Europe 2025“. The presentation focused on the Baltic countries and hematology. Spending on cancer care, uptake of new medicines, and survival outcomes of cancer patients are all below the EU-average in the three …

Call to Action on cancer in the European Parliament

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Cancer Patients Europe (CPE) organized a high-level event at the European Parliament on 23rd April hosted by MEP Tomislav Sokol to mark the launch of “the Call to Action: 5 Ways to Reduce Cancer Care Inequalities in Europe”. IHE contributed to the evidence base of this Call to Action through the IHE Report on “Tackling …

Oskar Frisell – co-chair for health economics at Genomic Medicine Sweden

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On March 10th, Oskar Frisell assumed the role of co-chair for health economics at Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS). He brings extensive experience in health economics research, with a particular focus on precision medicine and precision health. In his new role at GMS, Oskar will apply his expertise in areas such as cost-effectiveness analysis and policy …

New IHE publication

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In PharmacoEconomics on the heterogeneity in comparative economic analysis, with specific considerations for the decentralized US Setting and patient-centered care. Read more and download the article

Staff News

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The Swedish Institute for Health Economics welcomes David Gabrielsson who joined our team this week. David works as an Analyst at our Stockholm office.

New publication on the prevalence of diabetes and poor glycemic control in people with bladder cancer or renal cell carcinoma

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This retrospective population-based study used Swedish registers with health-data on patients with BC/RCC and matched controls with diabetes but no cancer. The high prevalence of diabetes and increased use of systemic corticosteroid treatment observed in this large national study highlights the need for specific clinical management, risk-assessment, and monitoring of individuals with BC/RCC and diabetes. …

New IHE report about Covid-19 in Europe

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Following the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 — 2022, decision makers in Europe imposed nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce the physical interaction of individuals across the continent. The aim was to reduce the spread of disease; however, the interventions and the behavioral changes also came at a cost, both in terms of quality of life and …