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.
Prof Maynard on Ensuring Quality in the NHS: Annual Lecture
18 July 2013
Following allegations of seriously substandard care, the Secretary of State for Health in England announced, in June 2010, that a public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire…
OHE This Week: BioWales 2013, UK Medicines Market and EQ-5D in Asia
18 March 2013
19 March: Jon Sussex will be at BioWales 2013 speaking on the health and wider economic benefits of life sciences research. 21 March: Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz will…
Critique of CHE Research Paper 81: Methods for the Estimation of the NICE Cost Effectiveness Threshold
12 January 2013
This paper counters the recently-published recommendation by Claxton et al[1] that NICE should lower its cost-per-QALY threshold from the current £20,000–£30,000 official range to £12,936. The…
The Effect of Free Personal Care for the Elderly on Informal Caregiving
1 February 2013
Forecasters predict that the population of people aged 65+ in the UK will double by 2050, constituting a quarter of the total population. This will seriously…
International Comparisons of Medicines Prices: 2011 Indices
1 October 2012
Since 1996, in its yearly PPRS Report to Parliament, the Department of Health in England has published international price comparisons of branded medicines used in the…
The Tougher the Better: The Effect of an Increased Performance Threshold on the Performance of General Practitioners
4 January 2012
In April 2006, payment thresholds were raised for GPs who participate in Scotland’s Ouality and Outcomes Framework. GPs were required to meet new, higher thresholds on…
The Use of Pay-for-Performance for Drugs: Can It Improve Incentives for Innovation?
1 February 2012
Interest is growing in schemes that involve “paying for pills by results”, that is, “paying for performance” rather than merely “paying for pills”. Despite its intuitive…
The Effect of an Increase in the Rate of Payment on General Practitioner’s Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
1 November 2011
This paper investigates how the increased rate of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) payments implemented on 1 April 2005 affects Scottish general practitioners’ (GPs) intrinsic, extrinsic…
Achieving World Class Outcomes in Cancer Treatment
1 July 2011
The speaker for the OHE’s 16th Annual Lecture was Sir Mike Richards, National Clinical Director for Cancer and End of Life Care in England’s Department of…