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Spotlight on OHE: Recent Awards, Publications and Presentations
12 September 2012
This post reviews selected external OHE activities and publications from the past three months. Martina Garau Awards Koonal Shah, Health Economist at OHE, has received the European 2012 Meeting…
Competition in the NHS: Proceed with Care
16 October 2012
The role of competition in the NHS is again in the news. Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive of both the NHS in England and the NHS Commissioning Board, voiced his…
Comparing Prescription Medicines Prices in the UK to Prices in Other Countries
23 October 2012
Since 1996, in its yearly PPRS Report to Parliament, the Department of Health in England has published international price comparisons of branded medicines used in the primary care setting. The…
Tracking Changes in the Causes of Death in England and Wales
25 October 2012
OHE’s health and health care statistics service long has been respected as a source of reliable data. In an OHE Briefing just published, OHE uses this data to take a…
Future UK Medicines Spending: Four Nation Analysis
31 October 2012
In July, OHE released projections for medicines spending in the UK NHS for 2012‒2015. We have now completed further projections, also for the ABPI, for each of the four UK…
Collected Essays by Tony Culyer on Health Economics
25 November 2012
Just released is a collection of essays by Prof Tony Culyer, a founding father of health economics whose life’s work has been to bring clarity to health care decision making….
OHE Study on Pharmaceutical R&D Costs Released
3 December 2012
How much it costs to research and develop a successful new medicine has been an important policy issue at least since the 1960s. Cost estimates matter not just because of…
New Findings: Public Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Treatment in England and Wales
7 December 2012
In 2009, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued supplementary advice that its Appraisal Committees are to consider when assessing treatments that extend life at the…
Spotlight on OHE: Measurement and Valuation of Health Using PROMs
20 December 2012
The OHE continues to play a central role in the development and use of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs). The last quarter of 2012 was characteristically busy. The OHE continues to…