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.
Measurement and Management in the NHS
1 June 1989
The late John Vaizey posed a challenging question about the ‘explosion’ of health care costs in the Western World. ‘Why was it seen as a problem’.…
Impact of New Medicines on Health Care Costs
1 March 1989
The objective of medical care is to make people as healthy as possible. Over the past 40 years, since the National Health Service was established in…
People as Patients and Patients as People
1 February 1989
Despite much of the current discussion, Britain’s National Health Service has been an outstanding success during its 40 years of existence. Its present problems stem primarily…
Health Care in China
1 September 1988
In this report our visiting scholar. Yinong Shao, has produced a fascinating picture of the health services in China in 1988. It is particularly remarkable because…
Health Services in Europe: 1988
1 September 1988
The Office of Health Economics first drew attention to the fact that every country in Europe had some form of prepaid national health care scheme in…
AIDS Virus: Forecasting Its Impact
1 December 1986
In purely quantitative terms, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) might not appear to have warranted the remarkable amount of attention it has attracted since 1982. By…
What Are My Chances Doctor? – a Review of Clinical Risks
1 November 1986
Half a century ago little attention was paid to the risks associated with medical and surgical treatment. The hazards of sickness itself were so obvious, that…
Health: the Politicians Dilemma
1 June 1986
This paper from the Office of Health Economics contains some of the newer ideas which have been floated in order to tackle the economic problems urgently…
