Dr. Philip Jacobs
Health economist Dr. Philip Jacobs
Dr. Jacobs oversees IHE’s economic research in mental health and addictions using a variety of techniques, including cost effectiveness analysis.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Means Restriction for Suicide Prevention
This report on Means Restriction for Suicide Prevention provides a summary of information regarding national means restriction policies/strategies and national/provincial intentional overdose prevention policies/strategies and their effectiveness. Policies/strategies that focus on children, youth, and young adults are of particular interest. This report consists of two parts: Part I presents an overview of national means restriction strategies/policies, whereas Part II focuses on intentional overdose prevention strategies/ policies at the national and provincial levels and examines the evidence on the effectiveness of intentional overdose prevention strategies.
A Consensus Statement on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) - Across the Lifespan produced by a panel of experts led by the Hon. Anne McLellan, former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. (Video of Consensus Statement Reading)
Health Technology Assessment on the Net - 11th Edition
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the Net provides an annotated list of information sources and websites that IHE information specialists search when producing our HTA reports. There is a particular emphasis on resources that provide useful information on Albertan and Canadian health care.

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of Health Economics