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Trade and Price Differentials for Pharmaceuticals: Policy Options
1 May 1997
…production, and the buyer’s demand price reflects the marginal value to consumers. Trade occurs where marginal value exceeds marginal cost and is therefore generally welfare-enhancing. Consumers benefit through either lower…
Issues in Development: a Guide
5 January 1983
…only contribute effectively to mass wellbeing in the third world if used hand in hand with the help poorer farmers and landless labourers need in the form of job opportunities,…
Coronary Heart Disease: the Scope for Prevention
1 August 1982
One person in every four in England and Wales dies from coronary heart disease and at a minimum estimate the costs borne by the National Health Service in its treatment…
Infant and Child Health
1 December 1975
In 1901 approximately 127,000 infants and 81,000 children aged 1-14 died in England and Wales. By 1973, the corresponding figures were 11,500 and 4,500, representing falls of 91 per cent…
Accidental deaths
4 January 1975
…6 per cent of all deaths in England and Wales in the 1-4… At first sight it might seem disturbing that accidental deaths are contributing an increasing proportion of the…
Minimal Access Surgery – Why Don’t We Do More?
20 March 2018
…surgery. This results in an improved patient experience and quality of life, and shorter inpatient stays: good news for patients and for our financially and physically constrained NHS. Despite…
2018 OHE Annual Report to the Charity Commission
1 November 2019
…the subject of health economics and health care policy; and using health economics methods to produce evidence-based health policy and health care management that contributes to a more efficient and…
The WHO Technical Report on the Pricing of Cancer Medicines: Missing a central role for HTA and value assessment
1 April 2019
…demand side reforms that use new treatments efficiently and send the right signals to industry about the new cancer treatments (and associated health gains) that payers want to fund. The…
Modelling Spillover Effects on Informal Carers: The Carer QALY Trap
19 October 2023
Exploring the carer trap and its implications in health technology assessments. Our opinion piece discusses the impact on informal carers’ quality of life and how it can shape decisions on…