Publications

Cystic Fibrosis

1 March 1986

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetically determined disease in Britain. Each year about 400 infants are born with the disorder and of these probably…

Health, Education and General Practice

1 January 1986

This booklet is based on a meeting organised by the Office of Health Economics and chaired by Sir John Butterfield at the Ciba Foundation on 30th…

Private Health Care

1 July 1985

This survey covers all major areas of health care in Britain and describes the activity of the private and voluntary sectors in each. The organisation of…

Back Pain

1 July 1985

Back pain is a symptom experienced by a large proportion of the population. It causes personal discomfort and national economic loss of a magnitude wholly misrepresented…

Measurement of Health

1 June 1985

Expenditure on health care is continuing to rise in all Western countries, both in total and as a percentage of gross national product (Table 1). This…

Pharmaceuticals in seven nations

1 May 1985

Great Britain at the suggestion of and in close collaboration with Medizinisch Pharmazeutische Studiengesellschaft (MPS) in the Federal Republic of Germany, OHE is funded entirely by…

Techniques of Health Status Measurement Using a Health Index

1 April 1985

It is widely accepted that resources for the provision of health care are scarce, that is, there are not and never will be enough resources to…

Politics of Prescribing

1 January 1985

This briefing is based on a lecture given by George Teeling Smith. At present Britain is one of the seven most successful countries in the world…

New NHS Act for 1996?

1 October 1984

This booklet contains the background papers prepared for a discussion meeting at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park on 7 and 8 June 1984. The idea…