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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…

Foundation

…healthcare financing, provider compensation, healthcare policy impact, individual health behaviours, provider decision-making, and regulation of life sciences and healthcare markets. Additionally, health economics explores the determinants of health and evaluates…

Resource Allocation in Public Sector Programmes: Does the Value of a Life Differ Between Governmental Departments?

1 February 2021

…used in transport and the environment exceeded those used in health, which suggests that health may be undervalued by departments of health compared to departments of transport or environment. Across…

What is the future of health economics?

1 May 2023

…McGuire, Professor of Health Economics at The London School of Economics and Political Science For Alistair McGuire, Professor of Health Economics at The London School of Economics and Political Science,…

Sustainability

…sustainable development. The global impact of health and healthcare sustainability extends beyond national boundaries, affecting individual health, societal well-being, environmental health, economic stability, and the overall resilience of healthcare systems….

Career options

…those of physicians. Job Description Health economics is one of those rapidly growing fields that links up business with health care. Health economists are vital healthcare professionals who are given…

Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet Appointed Vice President and Head of Research

8 January 2019

…of Health. Her fields of interest include: health production functions and lifestyle decisions; adaptation to health states; the impact of substance abuse and mental health on productivity; economic evaluation applied…

Impact

…influence reimbursement decisions and adoption of innovations within healthcare systems. Global Health and Development Organisations: Health economics plays a role in global health initiatives. Organisations like the World Health Organization…

Comparing Variants of Lead and Lag Time TTO

1 February 2011

OHE was awarded a UK Department of Health grant to further develop three aspects of health status indexes. Results of the second of these, advances in Time Trade Off methodology,…