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Notes, interviews and reflections from the Peer Models Network on modelling, health economics and the value judgments that sit inside both.
When We Listen: A Reflection on Health Economics & Social Justice
Taq Kaur Bhandal is CEO of the Mahwari Research Institute, an independent Canadian think tank studying pleasure, periods, and planetary positivity, all through the intention of social justice. Three reflections from facilitating the BC SUPPORT Unit’s Listen Events.
Transforming Models into Tools for Patients and Other Decision-Makers: The DecideApp
Models can be useful tools for healthcare decision-making — but how exactly does this work in practice? A conversation with Nick Bansback about the DecideApp, his team’s tool for communicating model results and informing healthcare decisions.
The Vastness of Values in Health Economics Modelling
Adapted from a presentation to the American Philosophical Association on Science, Policy and Epidemiology: an introduction to health economics, and why social values are always relevant in the modelling process.