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.

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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…

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar and Webinar with Professor David Grabowski: Interventions that Encourage High-Value Nursing Home Care: Lessons for the UK

21 March 2017

Professor David Grabowski from Harvard University will lead an OHE Lunchtime Seminar on 19 April 2017 on the topic of interventions that encourage high-value nursing home…

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Important Variations in Access to Orphan Drugs in France, Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK

14 March 2017

A new OHE report compares the availability and access of orphan medicinal products (OMPs) in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

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New Seminar Briefing: Delivering an Outcomes-based NHS: Creating the Right Conditions

2 March 2017

This OHE Seminar Briefing summarises a seminar given by Dr Nicholas Hicks, Co-founder and Chief Executive of COBIC. Dr Hicks describes COBIC’s outcomes-centred approach that has…

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Does a Biomedical Research Centre Affect Patient Care in Local Hospitals?

20 February 2017

A new publications titled: Does a biomedical research centre affect patient care in local hospitals? has just been published in Health Research Policy and Systems. The…

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Interventions that Encourage High-value Nursing Home Care: Lessons for the UK

1 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…

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‘Macro’ Evaluation of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

1 May 2017

The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) was established in April 2007. OHE and RAND Europe were commissioned by the Oxford BRC to undertake a programme of…

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Recently Published: Reports on Policy Options for Formulary Development in Middle-income Countries and A Case Study from Mexico

4 January 2017

OHE has published a new report discussing a framework to help middle-income countries efficiently identify medicines for formulary inclusion. A second publication applies this framework to…

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Delivering an Outcomes-based NHS: Creating the Right Conditions

1 February 2017

This OHE Seminar Briefing summarises a seminar given by Dr Nicholas Hicks, Co-founder and Chief Executive of COBIC (Capitated Outcomes-Based Incentivised Care). Dr Hicks describes COBIC’s…