Past events
An archive of all our previous events.
Hospital Concentration and Patient Health Gain
21 September 2014, 11:00pm
Health care reforms in England during the last decade have been influenced by the idea that encouraging competition between hospitals, but with prices fixed nationally, will…
Uncertainty and Risk in Decision Making
16 July 2014, 11:00pm
Decision making in health technology appraisal involves a significant degree of uncertainty as to the costs and benefits of the technology in question and the value…
OHE Annual Lecture: Universal Health Coverage: the Holy Grail?
8 June 2014, 11:00pm
Health services available to the entire population free of charge, and providing the best health advice and treatment, was the foundation stone for the creation of…
New Business Models for Antibiotics
22 April 2014, 11:00pm
Many stakeholders agree that the current business model for antibiotics is broken. Antibiotic innovation has slowed and many of the drugs on the market are losing…
Biosimilar Competition: Lessons from Europe and Prospects for the US
14 March 2014, 12:00am
At this OHE Lunchtime Seminar, Professor Henry Grabowski presented the results of his recent research on competition in five European countries on Eprex® (epoetin alpha) and…
Giving Priority to the Severely Ill: Social Preferences and Value Based Assessment
30 January 2014, 12:00am
Dr Rowen presented the results of her recent paper “Eliciting societal preferences for burden of illness, therapeutic improvement and end of life for value based pricing”,…
Investigating Time Lags in Medical Research
26 September 2013, 11:00pm
A major challenge in biomedical and health research is how to ensure that research findings are effectively and efficiently translated from “bench to bedside”. The time…
Can the US Afford to Ignore Cost-Effectiveness Evidence in Health Care?
23 July 2013, 11:00pm
At this OHE Lunchtime Seminar, Dr James Chambers of Tufts University presented material drawing on his upcoming OHE Research Paper, which looks at the role cost-effectiveness…
Annual Lecture: Contracting for Quality in the NHS
15 July 2013, 11:00pm
The report of the Independent Inquiry into Care provided by the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust offers a depressing insight into the quality of care in parts…