Publications

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Summary Report of the OHE/EFPIA Antibacterial Roundtable

1 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…

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The Effect of an Increase in the Rate of Payment on General Practitioner’s Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

1 November 2011

This paper investigates how the increased rate of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) payments implemented on 1 April 2005 affects Scottish general practitioners’ (GPs) intrinsic, extrinsic…

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Using Happiness to Value Health

1 November 2011

In this new report, Prof Paul Dolan provides an accessible guide into the latest developments in happiness research as they apply to the valuation of health. …

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Operationalising Value Based Pricing of Medicines: A Taxonomy of Approaches

1 August 2011

Recent reforms to the National Health Service (NHS) in England include important changes in the regulation of prices for new medicines. From January 2014, the existing…

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OHE Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics

7 January 2011

Please note: an updated version of this publication is available here. This publication provides both up-to-date statistics and a guide to finding and using health statistics…

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Achieving World Class Outcomes in Cancer Treatment

1 July 2011

The speaker for the OHE’s 16th Annual Lecture was Sir Mike Richards, National Clinical Director for Cancer and End of Life Care in England’s Department of…

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Is the Aim of the Health Care System to Maximise QALYs? An Investigation of

1 May 2011

The appraisal of health care technologies by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellent (NICE) focuses on cost effectiveness, usually measured in terms of…

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New Drugs to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Analysis of EU Policy Options

1 April 2011

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to drugs is a natural and unavoidable consequence of treating infectious diseases.  A growing global public health threat, AMR reduces the chances of…

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Exploring the Interdependency between Public and Charitable Medical Research

1 April 2011

Continuing concern about the fiscal deficit makes it likely that government funding of health and medical research will remain under scrutiny. This OHE Consulting study, commissioned…