Publications
Huntington’s Chorea
1 March 1980
The purpose of this paper is to describe the nature of Huntington’s chorea and to indicate broadly its costs to both society and affected individuals. The…
Perinatal Mortality in Britain – A Question of Class
1 December 1979
This OHE Briefing illustrates some of the difficulties inherent in making accurate international and international comparisons with regard to perinatal mortality, the most sensitive widely collected…
Dementia in Old Age
10 January 1979
Dementia — that is, irreversible and usually progressive destruction of the brain in old age, the causes of which have yet to be identified – is…
Immunisation for Everyone – The Polio Experience
1 September 1979
In the richer nations of Europe and North America the gaining of control over the common infectious illnesses was a long, gradual process. It was initiated…
Medicines for the year 2000
1 September 1979
A symposium held at the Royal College of Physicians, London in September 1978 by the Office of Health Economics. I do not want to trespass into…
Schizophrenia
1 April 1979
More people of working age who are in hospital or disabled in the community suffer from schizophrenic illness than any other potentially handicapping condition. In the…
Scarce Resources in Health Care
2 January 1979
Over the past few years serious efforts have been made in Britain and elsewhere to achieve a more rational distribution of health care resources. It has…
Accidents
1 November 1978
On each day in 1976 in England and Wales approximately forty-one people died and thousands more were either severely or slightly injured as a result of…
Cost of the NHS
1 October 1978
In 1978 the cost of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom will rise, to an estimated record level of £8,000 million. Even when adjusted…