Briefing
Briefings report OHE research and, on occasion, that of other experts.
Medicines and the Quality of Life
1 September 1982
Previous studies concerned with the benefits of modern medicines have concentrated mainly on their economic consequences (Wells NEJ 1980; Teeling-Smith G 1982). By contrast this paper…
Doctors, Nurses and Midwives in the NHS
1 November 1981
There have been substantial increases in all categories of professional manpower in the National Health Service since it was first established in 1949. This Briefing examines…
Accidents in childhood
1 September 1981
During the last 30 years the proportion of deaths occurring in childhood caused by accidents has risen from 21 to 30 per cent. This development is…
Sickness Absence – A Review
8 January 1981
Absence from work stems from a variety of sources including industrial action, lateness and ill-health. Of these the latter is by far the most significant cause…
Disability in Britain – The Process of Transition
1 July 1981
Following a proposal originally made by the representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided late in 1976 that 1981…
Trends in European Health Spending
5 January 1981
In Europe, as in other developed countries, health expenditures have recently been rising proportionately faster than national wealth. Between 1960 and 1978 the percentage of gross…
Effects of Prescription Charges
12 January 1980
The annual number of NHS prescriptions dispensed by chemist and appliance contractors in the United Kingdom is falling after a seven year period of expansion. As…
Mild Hypertension
1 November 1980
The risks from untreated high blood pressure at even mildly elevated levels are well documented in quantitative terms. American insurance companies have since the interwar years…
End Stage Renal Failure
1 April 1980
The United Kingdom’s performance in the treatment of End Stage Renal Failure reflects, in microcosm, many of the strengths and weaknesses of the National Health Service.…