Series on Health

Series on Health is a series of monographs authored by external or in-house experts on the subject of health.

248 - 1998-tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis

1 October 1998

The first Office of Health Economics (OHE) disease state booklet, written in 1962, was entitled ‘Progress against Tuberculosis’ and was published at a time of great…

239 - 1998-economic-aspects-NHL
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Economic Aspects of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

1 July 1998

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is not a single disease entity but covers a complex group of different types of malignancy. They differ in the cells affected, their…

229 - 1997 prescribing, budgets
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Prescribing, Budgets and Fundholding in General Practice

10 January 1997

In April 1991, a radical programme of public health care reform was introduced by the Conservative Government. The avowed intention of the programme was to improve…

227 - 1997 hospital Acquired infection
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Hospital Acquired Infection

8 January 1997

‘About one in ten patients in acute hospitals at any one time has an infection acquired after admission to hospitals’ (DH/PHLS, 1995, pi). This quotation, introducing…

219 - 1996 DVT
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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

10 January 1996

Thrombosis had been recognised as a disease since around 2000 BC, but the word thrombosis was first used by Claudius Galenos (130 – 200 AD). Pulmonary…

211 - 1995 disease of the prostate
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Diseases of the Prostate

1 September 1995

Cancer < 1 min read|01/09/1995 The majority of men possess little knowledge concerning the prostate gland. Information about the prostate, in particular the potential medical problems,…

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Obesity

1 July 1994

’We are unanimous in our belief that obesity is a hazard to health and a detriment to well-being. It is common enough to constitute one of…

206 - 1994 eating disorders
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Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

1 March 1994

This report is concerned with people who persistently starve themselves (anorexia nervosa), as well as those who follow chaotic eating patterns (bulimia nervosa). Both conditions are…

201 - 1993 born imperfect
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Born Imperfect: The role of genetic disease

1 January 1993

The area of genetics in relation to hereditary disease has become an important aspect of medical practice with potentially far-reaching ramifications. We all inherit many features…