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17 May 2012
Visitors to the main OHE website, ohe.org, and the archived publications site, ohematerials.org, will experience something new beginning on or about 25 May 2012. Under EU/UK…
Can and Should Value Based Pricing Be Applied to Molecular Diagnostics?
1 May 2012
Just out is an OHE Research Paper that examines the issues. The authors note that diagnostics not only facilitate health gain and cost savings, but also…
New Research on VBP: Disease Severity and Unmet Need in the UK
24 April 2012
The UK Department of Health’s value based pricing (VBP) Consultation Document proposes a process whereby higher prices would be granted to medicines that tackle diseases that…
The Tougher the Better: The Effect of GP Performance Thresholds in Scotland
20 April 2012
General Practitioners (GPs) in the NHS are paid based on a mix of factors, including a pay-for-performance element, the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), which was…
New: Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMS Programme
16 April 2012
The NHS Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) programme, introduced in April 2009, is a significant development in the routine collection and use of patient reported outcome…
Join OHE for Its 50th Anniversary Annual Lecture with Sir Michael Rawlins
12 April 2012
Every year, OHE sponsors a lecture by an eminent economist or clinician that addresses an important current issue.
New: 50 Years of OHE Publications Are Available Online
2 April 2012
Today we celebrate OHE’s 2 April 1962 founding with the launch of our new archival website, ohematerials.org. This site contains OHE’s publications from 1962-2002. The most…
Overview of the Economics of the Market for Medicines in the UK
29 March 2012
OHE’s Dr Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Economics at City University London. As part of his 2012 activities, he recently gave…
Can lessons from valuing health be useful in valuing development aid?
25 March 2012
Measuring and evaluating the impact of development aid is a perennial challenge. Various approaches have been tried. Since many have been aimed at donor needs and…