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 at ISPOR Italy Chapter – Rome: Are Wider Societal Effects Considered in Healthcare Decision-making?
17 May 2016
Martina Garau presented at the last ISPOR Italy Chapter – Rome conference on the topic of economic gains produced by health interventions.
Three seminars forthcoming at OHE
12 May 2016
OHE is pleased to be hosting not one, not two but three seminars over the coming weeks.
Recently published: Are Wider Societal Effects Considered in Healthcare Decision-making?
29 February 2016
Health interventions can produce economic gains for patients and national economies. In practice, however, the health-wealth link is rarely considered.
Seminar at Glasgow Caledonian University: Local Health Care Expenditure Plans and Their Opportunity Costs
11 January 2016
OHE’s Sarah Karlsberg Schaffer presented at the Glasgow Health Economics Seminar Series the results of a paper on the value of the cost-effectiveness threshold in Scotland.
Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector
1 June 2016
This OHE Seminar Briefing summarises a seminar given by Professor Luigi Siciliani on waiting time policies in the health sector from an international perspective, and highlights…
OHE at the Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) Meeting, Manchester 2016
4 January 2016
A summary of OHE’s activity at the 2016 winter HESG meeting, Manchester, 6-8th January.
Cost-per-QALY in the US and Britain
28 December 2015
Professor Weinstein compares the use of cost-per-QALY approaches in the UK and the US. Britain has got it closer to right, but may go a little…
New OHE Publication: Model of Behaviour within Fuzzy Budget Constraints
23 December 2015
Recently published is a new OHE research paper entitled ‘Model of Behaviour within Fuzzy Budget Constraints’. The paper presents a model to capture the behaviour of…
How to Manage Data Governance in an Era of Real World Evidence (RWE): Working Towards a Set of International Standards
24 November 2015
A new OHE Consulting Report assesses information governance arrangements for real-world data in eight countries, and makes recommendations towards an ideal governance framework.