The outcome of IHE initiatives is providing better information for developing health policy and best medical practices. IHE disseminates information in many ways. In addition to publications in peer-reviewed journals, IHE produces books and a variety of reports synthesizing information in a particular field.
If you cannot find the publication or report you are seeking, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you!
Refine your search by clicking filters to the left.
The IHE is pleased to receive support from Western Economic Diversification to help Life Sciences companies with promising market-ready innovations to make a stronger economic case for market access. The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is receiving $953,250 in WD funding over three years to support approximately 30 western Canadian health companies with customized economic…
Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The Task Force established a series of Working Groups to rapidly develop Policy Briefings, with the objective of supporting policy makers with evidence…
| Christopher Cotton, Christopher McCabe, Esllyt Jones, Evelyn Forget, Fabien Large, Lindsay Tedds, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warren, Richard Gold, Robin Boadway, Stewart Elgie, Stuart Peacock, Vic Adamowicz
The Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 was established early in 2020 to equip Canadians with accurate information about Canadian response and recovery. A number of Working Groups were established included one on COVID-19 and Economic Recovery which is chaired by the Institute of Health Economics’ CEO, Dr. Chris McCabe. Their report, "Renewing the Social Contract:…
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is recruiting to support the Health Economics team's growing portfolio of work with government and non-profit research sponsors. We are seeking candidates with experience in economic modelling, to undertake work in the design and conduct of economic evaluations in health care. We would encourage any early and mid-level career professionals…
The Institute for Health Economics (IHE) is conducting an invitational, virtual policy roundtable on progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (PF-ILD) on November 20th, 2020. This policy roundtable will seek to gain multi-stakeholder consensus on policy recommendations intended to optimize care for PF-ILD patients Key areas for discuss are in the following three areas: Multi-disciplinary…
Dr. Chris McCabe, CEO of IHE, along with colleagues Dr. Richard Gold and Dr, Aled Edwards, discuss priorities to support economic recovery post-COVID-19 in an editorial in the November 30th, 2020 Globe and Mail. The priorities identified are 1) labour market transition; 2)…
The IHE is pleased to have collaborated with global health industry leaders in launching the UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence awards and to announce the 2020 award winners. The UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence Award Program has recently announced their 2020 winners. www.UnivantsHCE.com. The 2020 submissions included hospitals, commercial laboratories, reference laboratories,…
The Institute of Health Economics has two internship opportunities in our Health Economics and Industry Partnership Programs. The deadline for application is November 27th, 2020. These are made possible with support from BioTalent Canada www.biotalent.ca. Industry Partnerships – IHE Internship The focus of the internship project is on the economic evaluation of new health care…
The IHE Life Sciences Commercialization Program supports Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia-based life sciences companies with promising, market-ready healthcare technology that are currently seeking procurement in Canadian or international markets. Support includes the development of an economic model to quantify the technology value…
The Institute of Health Economics has established the Health Technology Innovation Platform (HTIP): a three (3) year, $1.8 million collaboration supported by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Roche Canada, which will explore new approaches for the assessment and adoption of innovative pharmaceuticals. (NOTE: additional partner…
| Lindsey Warkentin, Erica Wright, Bing Guo, Ken Bond
This Rapid Review assesses the evidence on the rate of COVID-19 transmission from children to children or adults compared with the rate of transmission from adults to others, and the rate of COVID-19 infection in children compared with the rate in adults, to support return-to-school decision making. Twenty-two articles were included in the review. Based on a rapid assessment of…
| Lindsey Warkentin, Erica Wright, Bing Guo, Ken Bond
Face mask use within schools has been suggested as a COVID-19 risk mitigation strategy, but the effectiveness of mask use as protection against COVID-19 transmission and infection in a school setting is currently unknown. This Rapid Review assesses the evidence on the impact of community mask use on the susceptibility to and transmission of COVID-19, and how mask use compliance…
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 21, 2020 -- The health innovation community has one more approach towards increasing the timely and safe utilization of health data thanks to a research project co-sponsored by Health City and the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in partnership with Alberta Innovates, Replica Analytics, and University of Alberta. Unique in Canada, this project was initiated…
News items are kept on the IHE website for 6 months. If you require an older news item, please contact us at [email protected].
For media inquiries, please contact John Sproule, Senior Policy Director at [email protected]
IHE Health Economist, Dr, Ellen Rafferty, discusses important considerations for COVID-19 vaccine distribution with Radio Canada on October 5, 2020. (see article link at bottom of page)“Decisions will need to be made very carefully and cooperatively…. (and) communications with the public will be important. People will need…
The Institute of Health Economics is proud to be a founding partner of the international Univants of Healthcare Excellence Program https://www.univantshce.com/int/en/program along with 7 other health care organizations. The following article from the September 2020 Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine outlines twelve diverse best practices which were recognized by the program…
The IHE has a dedicated Life Sciences SME Platform within the Institute that collaborates with and provides support for SMEs in the life sciences. The IHE provides services to: educate SMEs and support organizations (e.g., accelerators) on the value and use of health economics to support decisions along the commercialization journey as well as procurement efforts; provide early-stage…
| Sean M. Bagshaw, Dat Tran, Dawn Opgenorth, Xiaoming Wang, Danny Zuege, Armann Ingolfsson, Henry T. Stelfox, Thanh Nguyen
Delay in transfer from intensive care unit (ICU) may contribute to strained capacity. Using a population-based patient cohort in 17 ICUs in Alberta between 2012 and 2016, this paper describes the epidemiologic features and healthcare costs attributable to potentially avoidable delays in ICU discharge. Potentially avoidable discharge delay occurred in approximately 70% of ICU patients…
Summary: Deliberative processes are a well-established part of health technology assessment (HTA) programs in a number of high- and middle-income countries, and serve to combine complex sets of evidence, perspectives, and values to support open, transparent, and accountable decision making. Nevertheless, there is little documentation and research to inform the development…
Primary care services after hours in Alberta are limited, and, as a result, emergency departments have long wait times and overcrowding as they accommodate a greater number of low-acuity conditions. In recent decades, various urgent care models have been established to fill the gap between emergency and primary care, with the aim of providing unscheduled services for urgent but…
This study examined the temporal trends of healthcare service and medicine utilization and explored the care quality of patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) by assessing inappropriate use of medicine, using Alberta's administrative health data from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2018. The prevalence of CLBP in Alberta increased from 1.8% FY 2011/12 to 3.0% in FY 2017/18, and the…
There have been few epidemiological studies of dysphagia and associated outcomes using administrative datasets. In this study we estimate the proportion of patients with either stroke or head and neck cancer who are additionally diagnosed with dysphagia or aspiration pneumonia, or that have a feeding tube placed. Our analysis is based on a cohort of patients identified in administrative…
Summary: We examined the association between optimal control of dyslipidemia and mortality and healthcare costs in patients with high risk for cardiovascular disease (HRCVD) between 2012-2016 in Alberta, Canada. HRCVD patients who were optimally controlled had lower mortality and incurred modestly higher costs, compared to those who were not. Secondary prevention patients with…
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. Email addresses for particular staff members can also be found at: https://www.ihe.ca/about/staff-directory. The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is an independent, not-for-profit research organization that conducts health economics and health services research, performs health technology assessments, and convenes health…
14 – 16 November 2006 Edmonton, Alberta In November 2006 the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) hosted the Consensus Development Conference on Self-Monitoring in Diabetes, looking specifically at the cost of testing, whether people with diabetes use test strips to monitor their blood sugar levels and, if so, whether they act on the information generated from these tests. The Consensus…
Consensus Statement Consensus Statement on Self-monitoring in Diabetes (257 KB) Download Consensus Statement Media Releases 16 November 2006 – Media Release – Consensus reached on self-monitoring in diabetes (33 KB) Download Media Release 8 November 2006 – Media Release – High priced materials may not be needed by all Diabetics (39 KB) Download…
How do you engage citizens, decision-makers, and experts in an appropriate way to address complex health issues? One approach is the Consensus Development Conference. The Consensus Development Conference approach has been used effectively in Alberta by the Institute of Health Economics. The program is modelled on the National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Development program…
The objective of this statement was to develop a consensus statement on the benefits and costs of testing supplies for self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes, to inform patients, health policy and practice.
This Mental Health Economic Statistics booklet brings together information that demonstrates the burden of mental illness and where Canada’s mental health system ranks among other developed countries. Mental Health Economic Statistics provides important consolidated information on key indicators that depict the state of our mental health system. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta…
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #24. Health technology assessments (HTAs) routinely identify questions or research ‘gaps’ that are not adequately addressed by the primary research. The unique situation of having an HTA unit housed within a provincial research funding organization provided an ideal setting for linking research…
Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-02. The purpose of this report is to examine the economic implications for the province if a supplement to the fee schedule were allowed for vacuum-assisted biopsies. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents produced in and prior to 2006 have different formats; the format…
| Philip Jacobs, Arto Ohinmaa, Scott Klarenbach, Anderson Chuck, Raj Padwal, Janice Varney, Doug Lier
Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-01. The purpose of this report is to examine the economic issues associated with LGB. The following analyses were conducted: a systematic review of the economic literature on obesity-related interventions, with special attention to the differences between gastric bypass and gastric banding; an estimate of the Alberta population…
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #20. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of properties, effects and/or other impacts of health care technology. Its primary purpose is to provide objective information to support health care decisions and policy making at the local, regional, national and international levels. NOTE:…
| Saifee Rashiq, Pamela Barton, Christa Harstall, Don Schopflocher, Paul Taenzer
Background: The purpose of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is to make the best possible summary of the evidence regarding specific health interventions in order to influence health care and policy decisions. The need for decision makers to find relevant HTA data when it is needed is a barrier to its usefulness. These barriers are highest in rural areas and amongst isolated…
| Sheri Pohar, Sumit Majumdar, Philip Jacobs, Jeffrey Johnson
Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-04. The purpose of this analysis was to compare health care utilization as well as costs and mortality of individuals with diabetes in the province of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2001, according to residential location. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents produced in…
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #38. This report aims to identify strategies that have been evaluated and reported in the literature and to assess their effectiveness in reducing emergency department overcrowding. Information Specialists: Seana Collins, Liz Dennett NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved…
| Margaret Wanke, Don Juzwishin, Richard Thornley, Liza Chan
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #16. The objectives of this review were: To propose a generic evaluation framework for HTA agencies to strengthen their evaluation capacity. To conduct a review of HTA agencies to understand what aspects of HTA agencies have been evaluated, approaches/methods used, outcomes of hte evaluations and to understand…
This is the first edition of IHE In Your Pocket. This chart book is designed to be an easy reference guide to indicators of Canadian health care economic performance. Economic is broadly defined to include both means (personal and formal resources) and ends (health outcomes). The chart book is intended to provide the user with a concise, accessible, and reasonably comprehensive…
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #37. The aim of this paper is to present the current evidence on the efficacy/effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of gastric electrical stimulation (EnterraTM Therapy System) used for the treatment of patients with severe gastroparesis (GP). Information Specialist: Liz Dennett NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage…
| David Cooke, Meina Dubetz, Rahim Heshmati, Sandra Iftody, Erin McKimmon, Jodi Powers, Robert Lee, Peter Dunscombe
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #22. We present a model process that will assist health care organizations in developing and implementing a formal management system for learning from incidens. Developed specifically for the Radiation Treatment (RT) Program at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, a major cancer treatment centre in Calgary, Alberta,…