#pharmacoeconomics — Public Fediverse posts

it takes a few days to understand and a few hours to write the code!
FYI: yes, i've time to spare!
#pharmacoeconomics #decisiontree #python

https://github.com/mirsadra/Pharmacoeconomics-Decision-Tree

The benefits of detecting breast cancer early
#thankscancer #pharmacoeconomics #breastcancer #screening #breastcancernow

For the patient, it's the high probability of a cure and treatment that's less disruptive or has fewer long-term effects.

For those with an eye on costs, it's got to be the much lower costs.

Costs rise exponentially by increasing stage of breast cancer.

In a recent study, the cost of treating stage IV compared with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) was 35.6 times higher.

Wilkinson AN et al. Curr Oncol. 2023;30:7860-7873. Available here: https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/30/9/571

Thanks to @ANwilkinson on the scary X app.

A whole lot of assertions going on in this article... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/29/us-health-care-expensive-indispensable-nation/ @healthecon #healthecon #pharmacoeconomics

#introduction Alright then, I'm a health economist and R/python programmer. Working in the pharmaceutical industry. Originally from San Diego, now living in Boston. Interests include #healtheconomics, #pharmacoeconomics, #HTA, #CEA, #modeling and #simulation, #healthpolicy, #datascience, #dataviz, #rstats, #python, and #coffee