A Seminar Briefing on the topic of improving the fiscal and political sustainability of health systems through integrated population needs-based planning has just been published by OHE.

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 Stephen Birch argues that this reactive approach is not sustainable, and that the perceived mismatch between resources and demand is due to poor health service planning. 

In this newly published Seminar Briefing, Professor Birch presents a framework to re-focus planning models on population needs.

Download the full Seminar Briefing here.

Access the slides from the OHE lunchtime seminar here.