Epidemiology and Public Health
The Value of Vaccines in Maintaining Health System Capacity in England
1 October 2021
This report has now been published as an article in Value in Health available here. The NHS is facing unprecedented health system pressure, with a record number…
Why are Mortality Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Non-Hispanic Americans? Could it Happen in Europe?
1 March 2018
Low levels of mortality are important indicators of societal success. This lecture is about trends in mortality in the white non-Hispanic population in the United States…
Causes of Death: A Study of a Century of Change in England and Wales
1 October 2012
This Briefing extends to 2007 Thomas McKeown’s well-known analysis of changes in life expectancy in England during 1901-1971. It finds that mortality continued to decline after 1971,…
Improving Population Health in Industrialised Nations
1 September 2000
Based on papers delivered at the OHE Conference, London, 6 December 1999: ‘The Causes of Improved Population Health in Industrialised Nations: How will the 21st century…
A Doctor Looks at Health Economics
1 March 1994
Inequality in health is back on the political agenda in the UK. Three factors have made inequality an issue – firstly, concern that the internal market…
Patterns of European Diagnoses and Prescribing
1 January 1984
In the summer of 1982 the Medico-Pharmaceutical Forum held a meeting on ‘Disparities in European Medicine’. The aim was to compare and contrast the various aspects…
Alive to Forty-Five
1 July 1967
Proceedings of a Symposium held at the College of General Practitioners, London Sunday, 27 November, 1966 When discussing the four commonest causes of death among young…
Disorders Which Shorten Life
1 July 1966
A review of mortality trends for those between the ages of 15 and 44 The productivity of any community, both in economic and social terms, depends…
New Frontiers in Health
7 January 1964
A review of the incidence, impact and implications of minor and unrecognised illness in the community This booklet is about the future of medicine. It presents information…