October 2024 - Hospital quality, Alcohol tax reforms & Childhood poverty and Diabetes

Welcome to the ninth episode of Health Econ on the Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from September 2024, reviewing hospital quality in saturated markets, alcohol tax reforms in the UK and the relationship between childhood poverty and type 2 diabetes. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

Papers discussed on this episode:

1. Addressing global gun violence: a Lancet Commission on Global Gun Violence and Health available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01697-0/abstract
2. Assessing the quality of public services: For-profits, chains, and concentration in the hospital market available here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.4861
3. Estimating the effect of transitioning to a strength-based alcohol tax system on alcohol consumption and health outcomes: a modelling study of tax reform in England available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00191-9/fulltext
4. Early life socioeconomic inequalities and type 2 diabetes incidence: Longitudinal analyses in the Maastricht study available here: https://www.diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com/article/S0168-8227(24)00765-4/fulltext
5. No mas bebés on Vimeo (Rent: 5.99 USD): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nomasbebes