Search results for: Health Care Systems

What Drives Variations in Relative Effectiveness Across Countries?

31 May 2016

…between populations and healthcare systems. Relative effectiveness is a key topic within health policy. In Europe, this is due to the need for early information to guide reimbursement and funding…

Measuring and Valuing Outcomes

…and young children Key objectives for this research theme: Fostering outcomes-led health systems Increasing our understanding of patient-relevant outcomes OHE’s policy position: Health care systems should put patient-relevant outcomes at…

Updated: OHE Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics

30 October 2013

…health care and pharmaceutical sectors. The latest edition of the OHE Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics is now available online, providing both reliable statistics and a basic…

OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Closing the ‘Know-Do’ Gap for Health Systems Reform at the Policy Level

13 October 2019, 11:00pm

…overcome these challenges, health systems across countries are looking to similar solutions – improving population health, patient-centeredness, strengthening integrated care, and overcoming fragmentation. However, while ‘whys’ and ‘whats’ for transformation…

Prevention in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan: Promise, limits, and the path forward

17 September 2025

…poor uptake – only 32.4% received influenza vaccines in 2024 . This is despite healthcare workers witnessing first hand the impact of low vaccine rates and the strain on already overburdened health…

Looking Further Afield – What Can Health Economics Learn from the Environmental Economics Approach to Discounting?

1 February 2024

…Wong, O., 2019. Advanced therapy medicinal products and health technology assessment principles and practices for value-based and sustainable healthcare. The European Journal of Health Economics, 20(3), pp.427–438. 10.1007/s10198-018-1007-x. Khorasani, E.,…

Climate action is health action: OHE’s focus on sustainability

22 July 2025

…They focused on key barriers including overlooked mental health effects, the lack of individual agency and resource constraints among healthcare workers, and the need for comprehensive data linking healthcare practices…

Health Services in Western Europe

5 January 1963

Britain is not unique in having a health service. Practically every European country has accepted the provision of medical care as a community responsibility. Amongst the sixteen countries in Western…

Rare Disease Day 2024: Why Do We Care About Rare?

29 February 2024

…The central aim is to advocate for equitable acces s to diagnosis, treatment, care, and social opportunities. So, why is this needed? Because access to diagnosis, treatment, care, and social…