Health Care Systems
Health care systems organise the finance and delivery of health care. They vary by country, reflecting specific history, culture, and economics. To maximise coverage and efficiency they must evolve with changing demographics, needs, and technologies.
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: NHS Agency Staffing and the Impact of Recent Interventions
6 September 2017
On Friday 6th October 2017, Chris Mullin, Chief Economist at the Department of Health, will lead an OHE Lunchtime Seminar on the topic of: NHS agency…
New OHE Seminar Briefing: Interventions that Encourage High-value Nursing Home Care: Lessons for the UK
11 August 2017
This OHE Seminar Briefing summarises a seminar given by Professor David Grabowski, which provided a health economics perspective on how payment and delivery interventions can encourage…
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Management in the NHS
24 July 2017
On Tuesday 5th September 2017, Professor Carol Propper from Imperial College will lead an OHE Lunchtime Seminar on the topic of: Management in the NHS.
Assessing Value, Budget Impact, and Affordability in Asia
10 July 2017
A new paper, Assessing Value, Budget Impact, and Affordability in Asia, has been published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. This paper…
Professor Dame Sally Davies: Ten Years of the NIHR: Achievements and Challenges for the Next Decade
15 June 2017
In November 2016 Professor Dame Sally Davies delivered the 23rd OHE Annual Lecture on the topic of: Ten Years of the NIHR: Achievements and Challenges for…
Assessing the Value of New Antibiotics: Additional Elements of Value for Health Technology Assessment Decisions
30 May 2017
Without new antibiotics, more patients will die from previously treatable infections. A key issue is how the value of antibiotics can be appropriately assessed by payers…
New Publication: ‘Macro’ Evaluation of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
22 May 2017
OHE and RAND Europe were commissioned by the Oxford BRC to undertake a programme of top-down evaluations of aspects of the impact of the BRC. This…
Incentives for New Drugs and Vaccines to Tackle Anti-Microbial Resistance
16 May 2017
Resistance to antibiotics is growing. Additional R&D is required. Both Transferable Intellectual Property Rights and Market Entry Rewards should be explored for use in Europe as…
The Long-term Sustainability of the NHS and Adult Social Care
13 April 2017
On 5th April 2017 the House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS published their report titled “The Long-term Sustainability of the…