About OHE
With over 60 years of expertise, the Office of Health Economics (OHE) is the world’s oldest independent health economics research organisation. We are a registered charity and an Independent Research Organisation.
About Us
Every day we work to improve health care through pioneering and innovative research, analysis, and education.
As a global thought leader and publisher in the economics of health, health care, and life sciences, we work in partnership with Universities, Government, health systems and the pharmaceutical industry to research and respond to global health challenges.
Our Mission
Support better health care policies by providing insightful economic and statistical analyses of critical issues.
Our 60th Anniversary
In 2022, we celebrated our 60th anniversary, here are some of the highlights of those first 60 years…
Annual Lecture
Our Annual Lecture series is a central part of our charitable objective of educating and informing health policymakers to equip them to make optimal decisions. It is an exciting opportunity to highlight the most urgent issues facing health systems around the world, and to raise awareness of research and evidence that can contribute to addressing these challenges.
What We Do
Trusted by our collaborators
We are a trusted and well-connected collaborator, providing authoritative resources, research and analyses
Informing and challenging
We develop evidence-based policy positions and thought leadership to inform the most challenging debates facing the life sciences sector
Addressing urgent global needs
We highlight urgent and important issues facing health systems around the world and raise awareness of research that can help address them
At the forefront of health economics
We combine expertise in health economics with theory and methods drawn from other fields of economics
International and independent
We have an international reputation for independent, credible insights that shape healthcare and health policy around the world
Driving improvements in innovation
We improve knowledge and understanding around innovation policy to support the next generation of health technologies
Our Impact
What we deliver
As a government–recognised Independent Research Organisation and not–for–profit, our international reputation for the quality and independence of our research is at the forefront of all we do.
OHE provides independent and pioneering resources, research and analyses in health economics, health policy and health statistics. Our work informs decision–making about health care and pharmaceutical issues at a global level.
Since 1962 we have been commissioned to undertake agile and responsive research in a myriad of health care areas, ranging from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to Gene Therapies and health system effectiveness.
Through our independent Research and Policy Committees, our work is continually shaped by world–leading economists, ensuring we are always working at the frontiers of our sector.
The evidence we generate
We use the evidence we generate to promote evidence-based health care policies and the effective and efficient use of health care resources. Our work supports decision-making and raises awareness of health care policy issues, by encouraging debate and dissemination of critical health economics research.
How we are funded
OHE is an independent not-for-profit (registered charity in the UK) and research organisation. Our work is or has recently been supported directly by research grants, awards and funding from a wide range of UK and international partners including: the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (PRP), the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Health Foundation, the EuroQol Foundation and a number of charitable and other organisations.
Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, OHE Consulting Ltd, OHE provides Contract Research services allowing organisations around the world to access the talent and resources of world-leading team of researchers. All of the proceeds of this work is gift-aided to the charity and supports our research activities.
Our Annual Report provides the most recent information on our funding and activities.
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Over 60 years, we have a rich history of innovating across health economics and health care.
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