Today @clairemillsslt.bsky.social @beardy-econ.bsky.social @johnodwyer.bsky.social Miao Yang & Taya Zabula are at the 2nd Meeting of #EQ-5D researchers in the UK and Ireland and Claire is pitching a proposal on “Improving measurement of health-related quality-of-life in intensive care using EQ-5D”

Also today, Wessam Abass is attending the UCL Health Economics Policy Lab conference on economic evaluations alongside #trials and using #RealWorldEvidence in London

🚨Closing hospitals is controversial. While it may improve healthcare quality, it forces patients to travel farther for care. Our study finds some patients from rural areas must travel 23+km extra after a closure. Decisions need to balance quality & accessibility.🏥📉 Read more here: bit.ly/4gH63E0

How well does current methods guidance support health economists to produce evidence to improve healthcare access and equity? 🤔 doi.org/10.1017/S026...

📝 Final week to apply to this funded PhD studentship: “What is driving the rapid rise in poor health and economic inactivity among young adults? A study of transitions into employment” #episky @socsocmed.bsky.social #publichealth #diet @imperialmed.bsky.social

Excellent fully-funded PhD opportunity at Imperial College London, UK!

(1) “What is driving the rapid rise in poor health and economic inactivity among young adults? A study of transitions into employment” is supervised by me, @adam-martin.bsky.social @auhe-leeds.bsky.social and Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, with the DWP/DHSC Joint Work and Health Unit #episky

We’re recruiting a full-time post-doc to work with @katiespencer.bsky.social! If you have #econometric, #data science or #epidemiology skills this post investigating the causes of the deprivation gap in #cancer survival could be for you. Get in touch for more info! tinyurl.com/2fes4pmj

Are you a health economist, epidemiologist or data scientist with experience using routine healthcare data? Interested in equity in cancer care? Come and join this exciting @nihr.bsky.social funded project! Work with a range of stakeholders and build your skills. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#HESG Looking forward to Becky Pennington's discussion of @juetarthur.bsky.social's paper on Poverty and End of Life Caregiving, co-authored by myself, @claregardnerart.bsky.social and Juliet Stone.