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  • Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study

    … about the health gains, costs, and cost-effectiveness of Herceptin. It isn’t about Herceptin in that the key point … makes for an interesting case study. Here’s what we already know about Herceptin: We know that HER2+ … a starting-point, we chose to ask a deeper question: how does the cost-effectiveness of Herceptin vary by type …
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  • Open data, transparency and power – role of the Virtual Health Information Network

    … leadership on data sharing. In this blog we describe some of the opportunities and the challenges in this new data … stronger health research and therefore benefit the health of all New Zealanders. The VHIN is a network of health data … the IDI. There is an ongoing need for public discussion on what research is appropriate using IDI data; sometimes …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … illicit tobacco use has not increased as a proportion of the tobacco market, despite substantial tobacco tax … invest in measures to minimise the illicit tobacco trade. What is new in this Briefing ? Multiple lines of evidence … other than Imperial Tobacco New Zealand, and anyone who does, “does so at their own risk”. This disclaimer strongly …
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  • Walking and cycling for transport is good for physical activity levels in Kiwis!

    … Physical activity is good for health. Higher levels of physical activity are associated with reduced rates of breast and colon cancer, better mental health, lower … disease risks. The important questions to focus on now are what are the best policies and incentives to increase active …
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  • Staying safe from COVID-19 over summer and beyond: The need for more NZ Government action

    … risks – which may even be increasing with larger numbers of infected returnees in border facilities. In this final blog of the year we detail the critical actions needed to lower … a vigorous, but highly disruptive, public health response. What still needs to be done by the NZ Government Reducing the …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … there is a need to: (i) improve future iterations of the public survey (eg, the next one in February/March … and (iii) explicitly articulate the extreme tail risks of each major trend identified in the LTIB (ie, nuclear war, … Briefing (LTIB) has been produced by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in conjunction with nine …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … Summary Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common cause of sore throats and skin infections in children. In rare … high-income countries reporting increases in cases of iGAS, with children under the age of 10 the most affected … factor for rheumatic fever 21 and GAS skin infections. 22 What’s new in this article A number of countries have …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … has recently been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine . While reinforcing extensive past work that a … Our interpretation should be treated as preliminary on what may be an important study; therefore, we welcome and … uncertain if too little salt is also hazardous and what the threshold is before the hazard starts to appear (for …
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  • Wellbeing in public housing vs. private rentals: Quality and security make the difference

    … NZ are assessed as being in serious housing need. Many of these households include children whose current and future … tenant wellbeing relative to private rental? Second, does the relationship between tenant wellbeing and the type … and their visitors being comfortable in the host’s home. What’s new in this Briefing? There is clear evidence that …
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  • Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study

    … In our recently published work, we studied the impact of the NZ Government preventing new retail outlets from … of retailers should be permitted to sell them and under what conditions? These are crucial questions to ask in … in business. Our just published [1] research looked at what would happen if NZ’s Government took a similar approach …
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