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.
The cost of inaction on LDL cholesterol
24 June 2026
This Insight is based on the WHA79 panel discussion “Lowering Cholesterol, Increasing Impact: The Case for Earlier Action to Address the CV Epidemic”, co-organised by OHE and MSD, at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, May 2026.
Addressing the systemic challenges of underinvestment in prevention
8 June 2026
Prevention of ill-health is an underexploited tool for protecting health systems and societies. It offers the potential to curb increasing demand for healthcare services, increase participation…
Evaluating novel antimicrobials within EU joint clinical assessments
16 April 2026
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health and economic threat. It is responsible for an additional 9.5 million hospital days and costs across the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) economies €11.7 billion annually.
Prevention in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan: Promise, limits, and the path forward
17 September 2025
This is the first in a series of blogs about how the proposals in the newly published 10 Year Plan measure up against some of the most pressing health concerns in the UK.
From STEDI to STRIDES: Valuing broader health-system benefits of AMR diagnostics
21 July 2025
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health crisis. AMR infections cause an estimated 1.3 million deaths globally every year, and this number is only projected to rise.
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…
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.
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…
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.