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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…
Realising The Broader Value of Vaccines in the UK: Ready for Prime Time?
1 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the broad and devastating health, economic and societal impact of a highly infectious and deadly disease. In addition to the human…
What NHS Trusts Can Do to Reduce Waiting Times for Cancer Treatment
2 January 2020
The NHS Improvement Economics team is part of the Strategy Directorate in NHS Improvement. NHS Improvement aims to implement changes to help improve both quality and…
Exploring Variations in the Opportunity Cost Cost-effectiveness Threshold by Clinical Area: Results from a Feasibility Study in England
1 March 2019
Estimating a cost-effectiveness threshold reflecting the opportunity cost of adopting a new technology in a health system is not easy. This OHE research paper provides empirical…
Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS
2 January 2019
This report explores the feasibility of introducing one type of flexible payment mechanism – outcome-based payment (OBP) – for cancer medicines into the NHS in England. OBP could help to accelerate patient access to some new medicines and ensure close monitoring of real-world patient benefit.
Can a Strong Economic Case Be Made for Investing in the NHS?
1 January 2019
Debate about funding has highlighted the difficulty of persuading sceptics that the NHS is a good use of public finance. There is a widely held view…
Securing Funds for the Proposed NHS Multi-year Funding: The Feasibility of Using a Hypothecated Tax
1 October 2018
This OHE publication by Nick Timmins, a senior fellow at the Institute for Government and the Kings Fund, sets out arguments in favour and against. It…
Private Provision of Publicly Funded Health Care: The Economics of Ownership
1 September 2018
This OHE Briefing outlines the NHS ownership debate through the lens of economics. The aim of the Briefing is to improve understanding of how economics can…
Issues Surrounding the Estimation of the Opportunity Cost of Adopting a New Health Care Technology: Areas for Further Research
1 August 2018
This OHE Research paper by Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte, (German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ), Bernarda Zamora (OHE) and Adrian Towse (OHE) sets out a research agenda proposing new…