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.
Without Prescription: a Study of the Role of Self-Medication
1 July 1968
The total expenditure on medicines in the United Kingdom in 1966 was £267 million. Of this £188 million was for medicines prescribed on the National Health…
Efficiency in the Hospital Service
7 January 1967
In 1965 the National Health Service cost the nation over £1300 million of which the Hospital Service absorbed almost £800 million. Where such very large sums…
Provision of General Medical Care in New Towns
1 July 1967
Proceedings of a Symposium held at College of General Practitioners, London 19th & 20th April 1966 MEETINGS can be of two types. In the first, a…
Medical Manpower
7 January 1966
In 1964 there were estimated to be 55,000 doctors actively engaged in medicine in England and Wales. In addition to these probably some 8000 to 9000…
Surveillance and Early Diagnosis and General Practice
1 July 1966
Proceedings of Colloquium held at Magdalen College, Oxford, Wednesday, 7th July, 1965 For the purpose of this meeting ‘surveillance’ was defined as describing ‘procedures aimed at…
Women in Medicine: The Results of an Inquiry Conducted by the Medical Practitioners’ Union in 1962 – 63
1 July 1966
Factors Which May Affect Expenditure on Health
1 July 1965
When the National Health Service was first planned it was thought that apart from the effects of inflation, its cost would remain constant over the years…
Costs of Mental Care
7 January 1965
Expenditure by the National Health Service in England and Wales on patients suffering mental disorders currently exceeds £130m. a year, about one-eighth of the total health…
Local Health Services
7 January 1965
The structure of the National Health Service today is tripartite in form. There is the Hospital Services sector accounting for about two thirds of the total…