Tag Archives: Health Economics

Reducing Waste in Research

By Ed Wilson | Published: March 31, 2014

In 2009, Chalmers and Glasziou published a study claiming that up to 80% of research is wasted. They further identified various points in the research process at which the waste occurs, including failures to ask the ‘right’ questions, use of inappropriate study designs and methods, selective publication of the results and failure to adequately report …read more

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The cost of smoking breaks at work… compared with what?

By Ed Wilson | Published: March 3, 2014

According to a report in today’s Guardian (Monday 3rd March), smoking breaks at work “cost British businesses £8.4bn a year”, or £1815 per smoking employee. But compared with what, and would we really see that much of a boost to the economy if smoking were eliminated? Ed Wilson takes a closer look at the figures.

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