EQIS1.0 for QALY

EQIS 1.0, a software allows calculating Health Related Quality of Life weights. As health economist, we often concern values for QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years).

The website: http://www.econ.unavarra.es/~eqis/Examples.php

USER GUIDE: www.econ.unavarra.es/~eqis/EQIS%201.0%20USER%20GUIDE.pdf

Intro to Health Outcome

I reviewed some websites and literature on health outcome and related measurements today: 

Intro:

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/outfact.htm  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 下辖的 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routine_health_outcomes_measurement  wiki的介绍

List of measurement instruments (工具非常多，有个网页上说有800多种):

http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/standards/ERGHO/ERGHO_Instruments.html 1994年的，有点老

http://www.outcomes-trust.org/instruments.htm#CHIP 

人体最舒适-温度-湿度-风速-设定

我国国家规定了空气调节标准，对空调温度设定做了规范性的参数：

夏季空调温度设置	温度以24-28°C为宜，相对湿度40%-65%，风速在0.3米/秒以下
冬季空调温度设置	温度以18-22°C为宜，相对湿度40%-60%，风速在0—2米/秒以下

当然，这种规定是指导性的，不同场合、不同功用的房间对空调温度的设定要求也不一样，应具体分析：

青年人卧室：	温度	相对湿度
夏季空调设置	25—29°C	50%—65%
冬季空调设置	20—25°C	50%—60%
病人、老人、小孩卧室：	温度	相对湿度
夏季空调设置	26—27°C	45%—65%
冬季空调设置	22—23°C	40%—60%
客厅以及起居	温度	相对湿度
夏季空调设置	26—28°C	50%—65%
冬季空调设置	22—25°C	40%—55%

source： http://www.foxiangwang.com/994.html

payment reform and a JAMA paper

麻省实施了一个a global payment system called the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC)后一年里，对费用和服务质量的影响，分析用的是individual data，采用了前后测量和DD方法。--真是漂亮啊！这是这期JAMA上宋zirui一篇文章，虽然他还没拿到PhD，但是文章级别水平那真是~~~没的说！

Last month I joined a provincial workshop which discussed how to implement payment reform by conducting a combination of "Shanzhai DRG" for inpatient care and a global payment for outpatient care, since then I was just wondering how to evaluate effects of those payment reform.

Song Z, Safran D G, Landon B E, He Y, Ellis R P, Mechanic R E, Day M P and Chernew M E 2011 Health Care Spending and Quality in Year 1 of the Alternative Quality Contract New Engl J Med  null-null