Publications
Managing to do Better: General Practice in the 21st Century
1 July 2000
Health systems the world over are striving to manage their available resource to deliver the best value for the public’s health. For most nations, the general…
Surgical Research and Development in the NHS – Promotion, Management and Evaluation
1 July 2000
Based on papers delivered at the OHE Conference, London, 25 November 1997. Based on papers delivered at the OHE Conference, London, 25 November 1997. The UK…
Prices, Competition and Regulation in Pharmaceuticals: A Cross-National Comparison
1 June 2000
Most countries regulate manufacturer prices for pharmaceuticals, either directly (France, Italy) or indirectly through controls on reimbursement (Germany, Japan) or profits (the UK). It is widely…
Benchmarking and Incentives in the NHS
5 January 2000
This paper examines general issues in the use of benchmarking as a measure of comparative performance, reviews the application of benchmarking in the public and private…
Primary Care and the NHS Reforms: A Manager’s View
1 March 2000
Writing on the future of Primary Care Groups/Trusts, and of Labour’s health service reforms in general, invites subsequent ridicule by those blessed with the clarity of…
Narrowing the Gap between provision and need for medicines in developing countries
1 February 2000
Health and economic development is positively linked. External investments are needed to break the vicious cycle of poor health and poverty plaguing less developed countries (LDCs).…
Risk Adjusting Health Care Resource Allocations
1 December 1999
Most health care systems are characterised by both purchasers (insurers, health authorities), who buy health care for a particular population, and providers (hospitals, primary care physicians),…
Genomics, Healthcare and Public Policy
1 October 1999
This Conference on Genomics, Healthcare and Public Policy, organised by the Office of Health Economics in collaboration with the School of Public Policy, University College London,…
Leadership, Change and Primary Care Groups
1 October 1999
A number of important themes emerged, as well as some signals as to the leadership development needs of those charged with ensuring PCGs’ success. They challenges…