Aquarius Population Health

Is it cost effective to screen women for syphilis twice during pregnancy?

The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) asked Aquarius to assess the costs and benefits of two different approaches to antenatal screening for syphilis. We compared the current strategy – screening in the first trimester only – with an alternative strategy – screening in the first trimester and a repeat screen later in pregnancy.  The Read More >

How can economic models inform decision-making about screening programmes?

Dr Elisabeth Adams, Managing Director and Founder of Aquarius Population Health, spoke at a continuing medical education webinar for health professionals hosted on September 23,2020 by the Consortium for Infectious Disease Control (CIDC).   With increasing demands on time and resources, decision-makers in healthcare need information about how to create a safe, effective and cost-effective Read More >

Digital health, health economics and Zombies!

What do digital health, health economics, making better decisions, and zombies have in common? Much more than you think! We recently attended the the Digital Art of the Possible 2  (DAP2) event hosted by the West of England Academic Health Science Network (WEAHSN) with our good friend, Charles Lowe, from the Digital Health and Care Alliance .  At Read More >

Evaluating multi-bug point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted infections

Evaluating multi-bug point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted infections

We were a collaborator on a recent Innovate UK-funded SBRI project with Binx and the Applied Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Unit at St George’s University of London. In this project, our team compared the overall costs, patient benefits and cost-effectiveness of three different multi-pathogen point-of-care testing strategies with the current strategy of microscopy and lab-based Read More >