Productivity

The Burden of Hidradenitis Suppurativa on Patients, the NHS and Society
18 July 2023
The report highlights the burden of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) on patients, the NHS and society and makes recommendations to improve life for people living with HS and lessen the burden on the NHS and wider society. The foreword has been provided by Angela Gibbons, patient and HS advocate.
This project has been organised and funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd, with support from M+F Health. The report is informed by input from experts working in HS, including leading clinicians.

Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds and Expert Elicitation: a Bridge Too Far?
29 April 2021
A team at the University of York recently published a study in which they sought to generate more reliable evidence to inform the estimation of marginal…

Efficiency Measurement in Primary Care: Time to Overcome the Challenges and Achieve Some Gains
10 March 2021
Why is the measurement of efficiency in health care so important, but equally challenging? And why is it especially so in primary care? This blog provides…

NHS Outcomes, Performance and Productivity
3 March 2008
OHE established a Commission on NHS Outcomes, Performance and Productivity. It’s overall conclusion was that the collection and use of outcomes measures in the NHS is both practical and essential.

Productivity Costs: Principles and Practice in Economic Evaluation
11 January 2000
The Secretary of State for Health has recently described health care as a form of ‘social investment’ which is ‘of instrumental importance in improving national economic…