Resource Allocation
Resource Allocation in Public Sector Programmes: Does the Value of a Life Differ Between Governmental Departments?
1 February 2021
This research paper examines whether value of a life estimates used in economic evaluation differs between government departments in a selection of developed countries. The authors find that generally estimates used in transport and the environment exceeded those used in health, which suggests that health may be undervalued by departments of health compared to departments of transport or environment.
Meningococcal Vaccines: An International Comparison of Decision-Making Processes, Frameworks and Methodologies. Are Values Missing?
3 January 2020
Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening infection and can result in severe sequelae. Recent scientific and technical advances have led to the discovery and implementation of novel…
Evaluating the Cost-effectiveness of Health System Strengthening: A Platforms Perspective
1 February 2020
Health System Strengthening (HSS) is an important concept now widely discussed, but too often without sufficient structure or an adequate understanding of what actually is involved. The articles on which this seminar is based (Morton, Thomas and Smith, 2016; Smith and Yip, 2016) attempted to present more clearly just what health system strengthening might entail and whether that might be modelled.
Policy Options for Formulary Development in Middle-income Countries
1 January 2017
PhRMA commissioned OHE Consulting to explore options and recommend methods that could help middle-income countries efficiently and effectively identify medicines for formulary inclusion. This report presents a framework…
Policy Options for Formulary Development in Middle-income Countries: Mexico Case Study
1 January 2017
PhRMA commissioned OHE Consulting to explore options and recommend methods that could help middle-income countries efficiently and effectively identify medicines for formulary inclusion. In a previous…
Improving Efficiency and Resource Allocation in Future Cancer Care
9 January 2016
The economic burden that cancer poses on our society is staggering – 25 million years of healthy life lost, at cost of €126 billion including €52…
Model of Behaviour within Fuzzy Budget Constraints
1 December 2015
This paper presents a model to capture the behaviour of health sector decision makers when making resource allocation decisions on the level and mix of healthcare…
Improving the Fiscal and Political Sustainability of Health Systems through Integrated Population Needs-Based Planning
6 January 2015
It is often argued that the demands for increased healthcare expenditure arising from an ageing population, advancing technologies, and increasing expectations, warrant higher healthcare budgets. Professor…
International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI): Mapping of priority-setting in health in 17 low and middle countries across Asia, Latin America, and Africa
1 April 2015
This mapping of priority-setting considers factors such as existence of HTA institutions and commitment to UHC (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa,…