Comments on: Cut Medicine In Half http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: The Amateur Thinker » Links of the Day http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-473262 The Amateur Thinker » Links of the Day Mon, 23 May 2011 16:21:24 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-473262 [...] Cut medicine in half. Car inspections and repairs take a small fraction of our total spending on cars, gas, roads, and [...] [...] Cut medicine in half. Car inspections and repairs take a small fraction of our total spending on cars, gas, roads, and [...]

]]> By: Overcoming Bias : Join The Party Party? http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-471117 Overcoming Bias : Join The Party Party? Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:02:40 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-471117 [...] and matter less, than most say. The US would do well to cut our military in half, cut medicine in half, and subsidize school and housing [...] [...] and matter less, than most say. The US would do well to cut our military in half, cut medicine in half, and subsidize school and housing [...]

]]> By: Overcoming Bias : One Pill To Break Us All http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-471079 Overcoming Bias : One Pill To Break Us All Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:42:46 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-471079 [...] about every fifteen years, which is still much higher than our economic growth rate.  Yet we struggle to see any substantial correlation between health and medical spending – our medicine is [...] [...] about every fifteen years, which is still much higher than our economic growth rate.  Yet we struggle to see any substantial correlation between health and medical spending – our medicine is [...]

]]> By: Robin Hanson on the Down Side of Medicine | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-466329 Robin Hanson on the Down Side of Medicine | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog | NCPA.org Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:23:18 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-466329 [...] people are quite skeptical when I tell them the standard estimate is near zero for the marginal effect of medicine on health… In at least 0.4% of [...] [...] people are quite skeptical when I tell them the standard estimate is near zero for the marginal effect of medicine on health… In at least 0.4% of [...]

]]> By: Overcoming Bias : How Med Harms http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-465954 Overcoming Bias : How Med Harms Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:31:16 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-465954 [...] people are quite skeptical when I tell them the standard estimate is near zero for the marginal effect of medicine on health. While they grant that much of [...] [...] people are quite skeptical when I tell them the standard estimate is near zero for the marginal effect of medicine on health. While they grant that much of [...]

]]> By: Overcoming Bias : Against This Med Reform http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-432457 Overcoming Bias : Against This Med Reform Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:02:13 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-432457 [...] that less controversial no-pre-existing-condition reform.  My basic complaint is I’m pretty skeptical about the health value of medicine, at least at the usual spending margin, and I’d like more [...] [...] that less controversial no-pre-existing-condition reform.  My basic complaint is I’m pretty skeptical about the health value of medicine, at least at the usual spending margin, and I’d like more [...]

]]> By: Overcoming Bias : Meds To Cut http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-430883 Overcoming Bias : Meds To Cut Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:01:18 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-430883 [...] said we should cut medicine in half, and have so far proposed two [...] [...] said we should cut medicine in half, and have so far proposed two [...]

]]> By: cw http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-415762 cw Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:33:35 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-415762 There is some criticism of the Rand study here (http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/10/was-rand-wrong.html), basically arguing that those participants with significant health costs were more likely to leave the study to regain full coverage, thus skewing the results. If that criticism is correct, the entire premise of the argument collapses. There is some criticism of the Rand study here (http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/10/was-rand-wrong.html), basically arguing that those participants with significant health costs were more likely to leave the study to regain full coverage, thus skewing the results. If that criticism is correct, the entire premise of the argument collapses.

]]> By: J Thomas http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-415761 J Thomas Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:26:10 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-415761 Floccina, they asked 60% of their subjects how much they exercised, at the start of their participation in the study. Then they asked all of them how much they exercised at the end of the study. They folded this information into a bigger combined variable. They found that having 50% more visits to doctors and 50% more hospitalisations didn't have much effect on the bigger health variable. It makes sense that wouldn't have much effect on how much exercise people said they did, doesn't it? Floccina, they asked 60% of their subjects how much they exercised, at the start of their participation in the study. Then they asked all of them how much they exercised at the end of the study. They folded this information into a bigger combined variable. They found that having 50% more visits to doctors and 50% more hospitalisations didn’t have much effect on the bigger health variable.

It makes sense that wouldn’t have much effect on how much exercise people said they did, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Floccina http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/09/cut-medicine-in.html#comment-415760 Floccina Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:16:21 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/09/cut-medicine-in-half.html#comment-415760 As to exersize Dr. Dean Edell once said that a study found that health people like exersize more and thus exersize more. The 10 years increase in life due to exersize seems to high and I say this as an advocate for exersize. How did the studies separate such things. As to exersize Dr. Dean Edell once said that a study found that health people like exersize more and thus exersize more. The 10 years increase in life due to exersize seems to high and I say this as an advocate for exersize. How did the studies separate such things.

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