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.

Capturing the Broader Value of Antibiotics
Publication

Capturing the Broader Value of Antibiotics

23 November 2023

The value of antibiotics often extends beyond what HTA captures. The STEDI framework aims to capture that broader value and our report outlines a roadmap to realising its full potential.

Insights

An eye on sustainability at the Economist’s Future of Health Europe

30 October 2023

Learn more about how the topic of sustainability was tackled by a broad range of speakers and the key themes which emerged.

Reimagining Prevention for a Healthier, More Prosperous Society
News

Grow and diversify funding for prevention to boost the nation’s health and prosperity, urges landmark report

12 October 2023

Our new report examines the promise of prevention in healthcare and provides six key recommendations that could usher in a new era of optimised prevention.

Reimagining Prevention for a Healthier, More Prosperous Society
Publication

Reimagining Prevention for a Healthier, More Prosperous Society

12 October 2023

In this report, we highlight the significance of prevention as a cost-effective and often cost-saving investment for public sector resources. Prevention, covering primary, secondary, and tertiary measures, can help to reduce ill health, improve healthcare capacity, and increase wider economic growth.

Insights

The changing role of the NHS over time

14 August 2023

OHE has been producing reports since 1962 which give insights into issues facing the NHS in the 75 years since it was created. The first part…

Insights

Can a continued focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment see the NHS to another 75 years?

27 July 2023

We have delved into the OHE archives to reflect on past NHS successes. In part one of a two-part Insight series, we look at three major contributors to shorter life expectancies – tuberculosis, heart disease, and cancer.

Event

OHE Annual Lecture 2023 | The ECO-nomics of Health in a Shifting Climate: Fostering Well-being, Sustainable Livelihoods, and a Greener Future

27 July 2023

Listen to Professor Elizabeth Robinson, Director of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, as she delivered our Annual Lecture reframing the economics of health and healthcare in a changing climate.

News

NGS testing for lung cancer across Europe still limited, despite clear case for adoption

10 July 2023

Our new report contains a wealth of evidence for clinical value and cost-saving potential of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing in lung cancer, and recommends that increased uptake requires focus on reimbursement, national standardisation, and new infrastructure

Insights

The US Inflation Reduction Act: What Do the Experts Think?

25 May 2023

In August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. In this OHE Insight, Amanda Cole explores the expert discussions had at ISPOR US 2023.