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Costs of Mental Care
7 January 1965
Expenditure by the National Health Service in England and Wales on patients suffering mental disorders currently exceeds £130m. a year, about one-eighth of the total health services’ expenditure. This large…
Health Care Dilemma or ‘Am I kranken, doctor?’
1 August 1975
For the past 25 years the problems of the National Health Service in Britain have been considered primarily in terms of a shortage of resources. This emphasis has persisted in…
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 often been assumed that…
Impact of New Medicines on Health Care Costs
1 March 1989
The objective of medical care is to make people as healthy as possible. Over the past 40 years, since the National Health Service was established in Britain, medical progress –…
The Economics of the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS
4 January 2001
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is officially described as a means for providing skilled and efficient services to public sector organisations and hence to the communities they serve. But the…
The Impact of Ageing on Health Care Expenditures: Impending Crisis, or Misguided Concern?
1 June 2004
The past few decades have seen an accelerating increase in the numbers and proportion of older people in the populations of many countries. Population ageing will have a profound impact…
The Promise of Gene Therapies: Are We Ready?
1 April 2021
In a webinar held on 16 March 2021, Mary Harney, Annie Hubert and Simone Boselli joined OHE’s Adrian Towse to debate the issues surrounding the adoption of gene therapies. In…
Collaborating on Payment Models to Unlock the Potential of Multi-Indication Therapies.
22 June 2022, 2:00pm
…to the most effective treatments. Payers have accountability for enabling access within the context of the resources and treatment options that are available today. Health care systems more broadly strive…
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Interventions that Encourage High-Value Nursing Home Care: Lessons for the UK
18 April 2017, 11:00pm
…health care system. In the UK, the knock-on implications of supply shortages for “bed blocking” in the NHS add to the challenges for our health and social care systems, as…