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Invest to End TB. Save Lives. World TB Day 2022. Reflections on 60 years of OHE publications on TB
24 March 2022
Global TB deaths are increasing. CGD and OHE set out a “Market-Driven, Value-Based, Advance Commitment (MVAC)” that would create and guarantee a market for a breakthrough short, universal TB regimen…
Ignoring the needs of our future workforce could have disastrous consequences for the UK NHS and its patients.
12 May 2022
Ignoring the needs of our future workforce could have disastrous consequences for the UK NHS and its patients. In economics, we have a pretty complicated name ( hyperbolic discounting) for…
The State of Play for Cost-effectiveness Thresholds
28 June 2022
…decision-makers. Evidence suggests that different decision-makers across health systems do not operate with the same priorities. Therefore, if the use of thresholds is to achieve its desired goal of attaining…
Contracting for Quality in the NHS
1 January 2014
This monograph, based on Professor Maynard’s remarks at the 20th OHE Annual Lecture, explores the critical issue of ensuring the quality of care in the NHS. The lecture was delivered…
Finance of Medical Research
7 January 1964
The explosive progress of medical science during the past twenty-five years has brought about a revolution in the health of the community and in the problems of sickness, disability and…
Delivering an Outcomes-based NHS: Creating the Right Conditions
1 February 2017
This OHE Seminar Briefing summarises a seminar given by Dr Nicholas Hicks, Co-founder and Chief Executive of COBIC (Capitated Outcomes-Based Incentivised Care). Dr Hicks describes COBIC’s outcomes-centred approach that has…
Improving Efficiency and Resource Allocation in Future Cancer Care
9 January 2016
…pressures on our health care systems, that we find ways to make the best use of available resources to deliver high quality cancer care to patients. This report explores possible…
Universal Health Coverage: The Holy Grail?
1 January 2015
…systems of most other high income countries similarly embody the ideal of universal health coverage. In this publication, Professor Mills discusses universal health coverage in the context of low- and…
Can and Should Value Based Pricing Be Applied to Molecular Diagnostics?
1 April 2012
…pricing and reimbursement systems for diagnostics, however, are not efficient and provide poor incentives… Diagnostics not only facilitate health gain and cost savings, but also provide information to inform patients’…