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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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New Frontiers in Health

7 January 1964

A review of the incidence, impact and implications of minor and unrecognised illness in the community This booklet is about the future of medicine. It presents information…

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Costs of Medical Care

1 July 1964

The cost of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom now exceeds £l,000m. per year. Ten years ago, when expenditure was less than half this…

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Finance of Medical Research

7 January 1964

The explosive progress of medical science during the past twenty-five years has brought about a revolution in the health of the community and in the problems…

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Personal Health Services: A Perspective of the General Medical & the Pharmaceutical Services

1 October 1963

Behind the planning of the National Health Service lay the proposition that everyone should be entitled to the services of a personal physician. For the first…

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Hospital Costs in Perspective

1 June 1963

Rising hospital costs have caused concern to the public, Government, and Members of Parliament ever since the start of the National Health Service. They are at present…