Policy, Organisation and Incentives in Health Systems

Health system policies should incentivise high-quality health care in areas of highest need at the lowest feasible cost. Our aim is to expand our understanding of policies that result in healthier populations and achieve sustainability while being responsive to patients’ needs.

Event

Valuing health in an era of climate crisis: informing policy through economic evidence

18 June 2025

This panel brings together leading researchers to explore how health economics can inform policy design in the context of the climate crisis. Rather than proposing new…

Insights

Reflections from the Region: Healthcare transformation in the Middle East

18 June 2025

It’s not often that you witness a health system reinvent itself in real-time. And yet, this is precisely what is happening across the Middle East.

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Prevention pays off – so why aren’t we doing more of it? 

5 June 2025

We know that immunisation pays off: the wider societal benefits of childhood immunisation programmes in low and middle income countries outweigh their costs up to 51 times while…

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Publication

Altering the trajectory of HIV in Europe

22 May 2025

Despite substantial medical advancements that have transformed HIV into a manageable chronic condition for individuals, the epidemic remains a pressing public health concern in Europe.

Insights

OHE submission to the UK Parliamentary Inquiry on an Ageing Society

20 May 2025

OHE’s written submission to parliament focused on raising population health in older age and increasing access to fertility treatments as two possible avenues to address the challenges of demographic change.

Publication

Analysing Global Immunisation Expenditure

15 April 2025

Immunisation programmes are foundational to public health. Organised by health authorities, they systematically deliver vaccines to susceptible populations to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Publication

Employer Costs from Respiratory Infections

16 December 2024

Our latest research shows respiratory infections cost UK businesses £44 billion a year. Workplace vaccination programs and health-focused policies could help boost productivity, reduce costs, and address health inequities.

Insights

OHE’s submission for the DHSC’s next 10 years of planning

9 December 2024

This Insight summarises the recommendations OHE submitted towards the Department of Health & Social Care’s consultation on the next 10 years of planning for the NHS.

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Latest estimates show that 20 people a day die in unrelieved pain across the UK at the end of their lives

26 November 2024

To help inform the current debate on assisted dying, we have updated the findings of our 2019 palliative report with the latest data.