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OHE at HESG: Informal Caregiving and Valuing End-of-Life Care
28 June 2013
…which the policy of giving higher priority to life-extending, end-of-life treatments than to other types of treatment is consistent with the stated preferences of members of the general public in…
Latest estimates show that 20 people a day die in unrelieved pain across the UK at the end of their lives
26 November 2024
…by socioeconomic disparities and inequalities in access to healthcare. It’s therefore crucial that population access to palliative care, investment in high-quality end-of-life care and improving pain management is fully considered…
An eye on sustainability at the Economist’s Future of Health Europe
30 October 2023
…healthcare sector. Again, the importance of prevention is clear when we consider that building resilience reduces the likelihood of an overburdened healthcare system in the face of some of the…
Care at the End of Life: An Economic Perspective
6 April 2016
Just published is a book on the economics of end of life care, featuring a chapter by OHE’s Koonal Shah. The provision of care to patients close to the end…
New research reveals, in carers’ own words, the multidimensional burden of caring for leukemia patients
20 November 2025
A first-of-its-kind multinational qualitative survey of informal carers brings to life the multi-dimensional burden of providing informal care to someone living with acute leukemia (AL). 58% of informal carers experienced…
Office of Health Economics latest research estimates 20 people a day die in unrelieved pain in the UK in the last 3 months of their lives
26 November 2024
…2019 to 2023 in the number of people dying in completely unrelieved pain, even at the highest standards of palliative care in England. Investment into funding high quality end-of-life care should be a…
Eliciting the Relative Value of Life Extension at the End of Life
29 November 2016
…Discussion of presentation by Rachel Baker Perspectives, priorities and plurality Eliciting societal values and the relative value of life extension at the end of life from Office of Health Economics…
Capturing the lived experiences of informal care in acute leukemia
20 November 2025
…these other parts of their life. Despite informal care sometimes putting a strain on relationships and other aspects of day-to-day life, carers voiced that they were willing to put the…
New Findings: Public Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Treatment in England and Wales
7 December 2012
…overall health gains in order to give priority to the treatment of end of life patients. Most respondents choose to treat the patient closest to the end of life only…