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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      (Note: the original tweet wasn't only about opportunity costs, but it's one of the biggest areas that people complain about in health economics) 2/

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      The basic premise of an opportunity cost is this: there is a fixed pot of money available Spending some of that money on one thing means BY DEFINITION that the money is not available to spend on something else 3/pic.twitter.com/BKgMswx85R

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      One of my favorite theoretical examples of this is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads, but you can only pick one Both might be good, but whichever you choose, there is a cost: you miss out on the other road 4/pic.twitter.com/1DuQ9FqR7Y

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      How does this apply to epidemiology, you ask? Well, almost every part of public health has an opportunity cost There is never enough money to do everything 5/pic.twitter.com/ulpXv3DltB

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      Want to open a new dialysis unit? You might have to cut funding for hip replacements Want to provide prenatal care to disadvantaged youth? That money has to come from somewhere, too 6/

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      Having worked in hospital finance, I can GUARANTEE that these decisions have to be made every day Staffing a ward correctly over a high-intensity period might mean cancelling improvement projects 7/

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      This doesn't mean that either upscaling to meet demand or quality improvements in a clinical setting are unimportant, but usually the situation forces you to pick one or the other Rarely can you do both 8/pic.twitter.com/b7VnvdNErb

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      This is why funding in health is HARD Almost every decision you make has an opportunity cost Sometimes we fund the most cost-effective things. Most of the time, we actually don't 9/

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      This has been studied: when push comes to shove, we prioritize saving people - the "Rule of Rescue" - over what is objectively the most cost-effective choice 10/pic.twitter.com/P7APVuJDZB

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    10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      Often the trade-off between the two 'roads' of public health is whether we prioritize cost-effectiveness or the ethical imperative to save people who are sick 11/

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 11 Feb 2019

      But regardless of the difference between two choices, it's worth remembering that opportunity costs come with almost every decision That doesn't mean that we are ignoring one choice It just means we are prioritizing as best we can 12/

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