Themes

OHE’s work is categorised into four broad themes.

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Economics of Innovation

The development of innovative health technologies is essential for improving the quality and efficiency of health care provision.

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Measuring and Valuing Outcomes

We conduct applied and methodological research to identify and understand the outcomes that matter to patients, carers, and/or society, the value they assign to those outcomes, and how best to incorporate these outcomes and values in decision-making.

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Policy, Organisation and Incentives in Health Systems

A key objective for financially constrained health systems, facing a growing and aging population with increasingly complex patients, is to obtain the best possible value from their budgets available.

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Value, Affordability, and Decision Making

Efficient decisions about the allocation of health care budgets require the assessment of the effects of health care interventions and of the value for money that they provide. Decision-making processes leading to funding decisions should be structured and evidence-based.