Systemic Conditions
Exploring the Financial Sustainability of Gene Therapies
5 January 2021
Gene therapies represent a paradigm shift in medicine, with the potential to address the root causes of chronic diseases. They offer one-time treatment regimens and, in some cases, potentially a cure. As a result, they offer transformative value for patients, physicians, health systems and society. However, with the prospect of more gene therapy approvals there is concern in Europe that these technologies could threaten the financial sustainability of health systems.
Why Do Immigrants Report Lower Life Satisfaction?
1 July 2017
Questions of happiness and well-being have increasingly been drawing the attention of health economists, with the understanding that its measures approximate quality of life, or at…
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Health Economics Report
1 September 2014
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is the temporary cessation of breathing during sleep because of a narrowing or closure of the pharyngeal airway. Untreated OSA can result…
Born Imperfect: The role of genetic disease
1 January 1993
The area of genetics in relation to hereditary disease has become an important aspect of medical practice with potentially far-reaching ramifications. We all inherit many features…
Migraine
1 September 1991
‘Choose something common and you will find little is known about it’ (Henry Head to the young Dr Russell Brain c 1920). Although common (8 per…
Epilepsy: Towards Tomorrow
1 May 1991
Since the publication of the Office of Health Economics’ first booklet on epilepsy in 1971, advances in medical treatment, better seizure control and wider availability of…
Back Pain
1 July 1985
Back pain is a symptom experienced by a large proportion of the population. It causes personal discomfort and national economic loss of a magnitude wholly misrepresented…
Multiple Sclerosis
1 May 1975
The unequal geographical distribution of multiple sclerosis is one of its most striking and potentially significant characteristics. The disease occurs with much greater frequency in temperate…
Epilepsy and Society
1 July 1971
As early as 2080 BC reference can be found to epilepsy in the code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon. Special laws affecting the marriage of people…