Health Policy and Regulation

Pharmaceutical Prices: A continental view

1 April 1978

It has not normally been OHE policy to reprint articles which have previously been published elsewhere. However, it seemed desirable to make an exception for this…

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…

Estimating Pharmaceutical Companies’ Value to the Nation: Case Study of the British Pharma Group

1 February 2007

Efficiency in the Hospital Service

7 January 1967

In 1965 the National Health Service cost the nation over £1300 million of which the Hospital Service absorbed almost £800 million. Where such very large sums…

Factors Which May Affect Expenditure on Health

1 July 1965

When the National Health Service was first planned it was thought that apart from the effects of inflation, its cost would remain constant over the years…

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…

Costs of Medical Care

1 July 1964

The cost of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom now exceeds £l,000m. per year. Ten years ago, when expenditure was less than half this…

Hospital Costs in Perspective

1 June 1963

Rising hospital costs have caused concern to the public, Government, and Members of Parliament ever since the start of the National Health Service. They are at present…