Series on Health
Series on Health is a series of monographs authored by external or in-house experts on the subject of health.
Health Care in China
1 September 1988
In this report our visiting scholar. Yinong Shao, has produced a fascinating picture of the health services in China in 1988. It is particularly remarkable because…
Women’s Health Today
1 November 1987
In 1986, the Medical Women’s Federation approached the Office of Health Economics with the suggestion that an overview of women’s health would be timely. It was…
Multiple Sclerosis
10 January 1987
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disabling disease which attacks the central nervous system. It claims nearly a thousand lives a year in England and Wales…
AIDS Virus: Forecasting Its Impact
1 December 1986
In purely quantitative terms, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) might not appear to have warranted the remarkable amount of attention it has attracted since 1982. By…
What Are My Chances Doctor? – a Review of Clinical Risks
1 November 1986
Half a century ago little attention was paid to the risks associated with medical and surgical treatment. The hazards of sickness itself were so obvious, that…
Mental Handicap: Partnership in the Community?
1 July 1986
Since the start of the 1970s the pattern of care available to more severely ‘mentally handicapped’ people in Britain has undergone major changes. The passing of…
Health: the Politicians Dilemma
1 June 1986
This paper from the Office of Health Economics contains some of the newer ideas which have been floated in order to tackle the economic problems urgently…
Crisis in Research
1 April 1986
In 1983 almost £6.6 billion was spent on research and development in the United Kingdom. This sum was five times that recorded in 1972 and even…