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Report: Competition Can Help the NHS – But Proceed with Care
31 January 2012
The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has just released the report of its Commission on Competition in the NHS, which recommends careful expansion of competition between…
New OHE Report: Time Trends in NICE HTA Decisions
25 January 2012
According to the 1999 UK Department of Health consultation document, the fundamental purpose of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) was to reduce…
NICE’s Social Value Judgments about Equity in Health and Health Care
17 January 2012
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) routinely publishes details of the evidence and reasoning underpinning its recommendations, including its social value judgments. To…
Is It Time to Reconsider the Role of Co-Payments in Europe?
11 January 2012
In a recent editorial in the European Journal of Health Economics, Prof Michael Drummond of York University and Prof Adrian Towse of the OHE take a…
Spotlight on OHE: Assessing Value and Balancing Needs in Health Care
15 December 2011
During the last quarter of 2011, OHE team members were involved in discussions and presentations in a range of forums, covering each of OHE’s three areas…
Research Funding and Economic Growth
9 December 2011
Increasingly, governments in the UK and throughout Europe see R&D driven growth as the best way out of the financial crisis. The Government identifies the ‘UK’s…
Website Upgrades Launch Today
8 December 2011
We have just completed a website upgrade, adding new materials to the website and improving its functioning.
Upcoming OHE Seminars: MCDA and R&D Productivity
16 November 2011
Join OHE for two exciting seminars, one on MCDA and the other on shifts in investment in R&D.
Antibacterials: Roundtable Addresses the Critical Issues
10 November 2011
Antibacterial drug resistance is a serious and growing worldwide problem that threatens our ability to cure traditionally treatable diseases and to successfully perform numerous surgical procedures…