Staff News
By annette
The Swedish Institute for Health Economics welcomes Marcela Urey-Adamsson and Jad Shedrawy who joined our team in January and they both work as research manager, Marcela at the Lund office and Jad at the Stockholm office.
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Staff News
New OECD report with contribution from IHE
By annette
The OECD just published a new report about cancer care in Europe with input from IHE. The report puts a spotlight on the disease burden, cancer prevention, early detection, and the sustainability of cancer care systems. Read more and download the report
New IHE Report about inequalities in cancer care in the EU
By annette
This new report sheds light on inequalities in cancer care across the EU and provides recommendations for improvement. The report highlights inequalities between and within countries. Five case studies are analyzed relating to HPV vaccination, colorectal cancer screening, biomarker testing, cancer medicines and evidence-based care, access to financial products for survivors (‘the right to be …
Launch of the Cancer Dashboard for Poland
By annette
What is the current status of cancer care in my country? Are we reaching the aims defined in the national cancer control program or target values set by international institutions? Are we below or above the EU average? These are three questions that IHE’s Cancer Dashboard for Poland tries to illustrate. The dashboard is specifically …
New Publication – Alzheimer’s disease
By annette
A new publication with authors from IHE discusses potential ways to improve society’s readiness for disease modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
IHE presents in the parliament of Chile
By annette
IHE’s Thomas Hofmarcher had the great honor of presenting research results in the Senate of Chile (the upper house of the parliament) at a meeting of the senators in the Health Commission on November 29, 2023. Thomas presented the results of the IHE report 2023:6 “Improving outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer in Latin …
New IHE publication on disease burden in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)
By annette
This article was published in the Annals of Medicine and the aim of the study was to estimate healthcare resource use and direct healthcare costs of ATTR-CM in Sweden. Read more
IHE discusses Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan in Brussels
By annette
IHE participated in the fifth edition of the European Cancer Forum in Brussels. Thomas Hofmarcher participated in a panel discussion on “Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan progress ahead of the 2024 review” together with Michele Calabro from the European Regional and Local Health Authorities and Debra Montague from Lung Cancer Europe. Thomas highlighted various results from …
New scientific article on the societal costs of illegal drugs in Sweden
By annette
This article was published in the International Journal of Drug Policy. It is the result of a collaboration with researchers at Lund University and the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The article builds on an earlier analysis presented in IHE Rapport 2022:5 (in Swedish). Read more
IHE at ISPOR in Copenhagen
By annette
IHE is attending and presenting several studies at the ISPOR Europe Conference in November. Our Managing Director Peter Lindgren and Market Access Director Jonas Hjelmgren will be present and looking forward to meeting up with old and new customers for project discussions. In addition, six posters will be presented by researchers at IHE. Conference: ISPOR …