Episode 6. Callum Brindley, waiting times in hospitals and GBD Study.

Guest: Callum Brindley

Hosts: Fanny Tallgren and Karen Trujillo Jara

Short description:  In this episode Callum discusses with us about his paper on the effect of hospital spending on waiting times and findings from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study.

Timestamps:

(2:09) - Paper on waiting times. How changes in hospital spending might affect hospital activity (i.e. admission of patients).

(7:07) - Thoughts on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021

(11:08) - Explanation and findings of mortality concentration in the GBD Study

(13:31) - Life expectancy

 (23:54) - Tips for PhD candidates

(30:30) - Podcasts recommended

Sources:

• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Global Burden of Disease 2021: Findings from the GBD 2021 Study. Seattle, WA: IHME, 2024.
• Callum Brindley, James Lomas & Luigi Siciliani (2023) - The effect of hospital spending on waiting times - Health Economics (United Kingdom), 32 (11), 2427-2445 - doi: 10.1002/hec.4735O

List of podcasts:

• Race & Health Podcast
• IHME Global Health Insights
• Lancet Voice
• BMJ Podcast (including series on Decolonising health and medicine)
• WHO Global Health Matters and Science in 5
• ABC Health Report
• BBC Health Check
• John Hopkins Public Health on Call
• The Mixtape with Scott
• Choiceology
• Nature Podcast
• No Such Thing As A Fish