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.
Don’t Look Back? Voluntary and Charitable Finance of Hospitals
1 July 2001
This book provides a reassessment of the role of charitable and voluntary fundraising for health care, with a particular focus on the hospital. It does so…
The Links of Public Health and Economic Development
5 January 2001
I am really grateful to have the chance to spend an hour with you to talk about a subject of enormous importance. I am particularly gratified…
The Economics of the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS
4 January 2001
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is officially described as a means for providing skilled and efficient services to public sector organisations and hence to the communities…
Why Care About Health Inequality?
1 January 2001
Public policy in the UK is placing increasing emphasis on health inequalities. The first signal of this renewed commitment came soon after the Labour government was…
Health Care without Frontiers?
1 December 2000
The purpose of this paper is to set out the background to the development of regulations governing cross-border health care in the EU; to explore the…
Improving Population Health in Industrialised Nations
1 September 2000
Based on papers delivered at the OHE Conference, London, 6 December 1999: ‘The Causes of Improved Population Health in Industrialised Nations: How will the 21st century…
Managing to do Better: General Practice in the 21st Century
1 July 2000
Health systems the world over are striving to manage their available resource to deliver the best value for the public’s health. For most nations, the general…
Surgical Research and Development in the NHS – Promotion, Management and Evaluation
1 July 2000
Based on papers delivered at the OHE Conference, London, 25 November 1997. Based on papers delivered at the OHE Conference, London, 25 November 1997. The UK…
Benchmarking and Incentives in the NHS
5 January 2000
This paper examines general issues in the use of benchmarking as a measure of comparative performance, reviews the application of benchmarking in the public and private…