Publications
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…