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Contract Theory: Nobel Offerings to Health Economics
11 October 2016
…contract theory has guided policies aimed at improving health care systems’ performance. Contract theory is relevant to the implementation of co-payments in a health care system, how we incentivise health…
Efficiency Measurement in Primary Care: Time to Overcome the Challenges and Achieve Some Gains
10 March 2021
…Health Foundation. https://www.health.org.uk/publications/measuring-value-for-money-in-healthcare-concepts-and-tools Errea, M., Skedgel, C., Zamora, B., Hampson, G., Althin, R., Hofmarcher, T., Lindgren, P. and Cookson, G., 2020. Opportunities to increase efficiency in healthcare. Consulting Report, London:…
OHE’s Adrian Towse to Take Office as ISPOR President
3 June 2014
…require creating incentives in health care systems to achieve better outcomes, and creating the tools and systems to measure performance. In other words, diverse health systems have diverse needs for…
Our Certain Fate: Rationing in Health Care
1 November 1998
…patients can benefit in terms of improved health status. The inevitability of some form of rationing in all health care systems shows economics living up to its reputation as the…
New research reveals, in carers’ own words, the multidimensional burden of caring for leukemia patients
20 November 2025
…and lifestage, with women and fulltime workers particularly strongly affected by the burden of caregiving responsibilities. Healthcare systems need to better consider the impact on caregivers– this also allows for…
Green Healthcare: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
11 September 2024
…healthcare’s own environmental footprint. Some of the most significant barriers to a sustainable healthcare landscape include: Overlooked impacts As climate change accelerates, the extent of the effects on health and…
Bengt Jönsson Honoured for Contribution to Health Economics
6 August 2014
…how well individual health systems use and benefit from new medicines, both to identify when expected differences mean country-specific RE may be needed and help identify instances where health systems use…
Around The World in HTAs: The Netherlands – 5 Routes for New Tech
24 May 2023
…direct value to the healthcare provider, for example because it improves the efficiency of healthcare delivery, creates a competitive advantage, or enhances a desired image. Healthcare providers will invest or…
Improving Sustainability through Population Needs-Based Planning
22 October 2014, 11:00pm
…reasons why health care systems need ever increasing funding as well as reasons why universal and comprehensive public systems are unsustainable. However, increases in health care spending are not usually…