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Measuring the Relationship Between Health and Subjective Well-being
24 July 2013
Significantly increases of wealth and health in the Western world over the past 50 years do not appear to have produced an equivalent increase in societal…
Prof Maynard on Ensuring Quality in the NHS: Annual Lecture
18 July 2013
Following allegations of seriously substandard care, the Secretary of State for Health in England announced, in June 2010, that a public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire…
OHE Involved in Developing New AMS Report on Stratified Medicines
15 July 2013
Professor Adrian Towse, OHE’s Director, joined Professor Sir John Bell and Professor Andrew Morris at the Science Media Centre last week to launch Realising the Potential…
Forecasting the Challenges and Economics of Drug Development in 2022
9 July 2013
A new publication from the Office of Health Economics captures the views of thought leaders from around the world about the scientific and economic climate for…
Defining Innovation in Medicines and Transforming it into Value
3 July 2013
In June, OHE’s Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz participated as a speaker at the Summer Course on the Evaluation of Medicines at the University of Alcalá in Spain. His…
OHE at HESG: Informal Caregiving and Valuing End-of-Life Care
28 June 2013
The Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) was founded in 1972 to support and promote the work of health economists. Its members are from academic, commercial, and…
OHE at AES: Medicines Prices in the UK, Health Inequalities in Costa Rica
25 June 2013
OHE’s participation at the 33rd Meeting of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES) last week reported the results of four research projects. Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, OHE’s Director…
Critical Factors Affecting Pharmaceutical R&D and the Availability of New Drugs
18 June 2013
Dr Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, OHE’s Director of Consulting, was a recent guest lecturer at Imperial College London. His comprehensive presentation covered the gamut of issues that influence…
OHE’s Devlin on Using the EQ-5D to Measure Patients’ Outcomes
11 June 2013
OHE’s Professor Nancy Devlin has researched, written and spoken widely on the use of the EQ-5D, and related measures, both in her capacity as the Director…