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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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.

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New OHE Publication Compares 3L and 5L Versions of EQ-5D as Measures of General Population Health

10 November 2015

New publication by OHE’s Yan Feng, Nance Devlin and Mike Herdman in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, comparing the 3L and 5L versions of EQ-5D…

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Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector: What Works?

27 October 2015

On 16th September Professor Luigi Siciliani led an OHE lunchtime seminar on waiting time policies in the health sector. The slides are now available.

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Recently Published: Local Health Care Expenditure Plans and their Opportunity Costs

8 September 2015

Recently published in Health Policy is an article by Sarah Karlsberg Schaffer, Jon Sussex, Nancy Devlin and Andrew Walker entitled “Local health care expenditure plans and…

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector: What Works?

20 August 2015

Professor Luigi Siciliani from the University of York will present an OHE Seminar on 16th September 2015 on the topic of waiting time policies in the…

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Guest post: The Economics of Elevated Hospital Mortality at Weekends

14 July 2015

Rachel Meacock reports on the economics of elevated hospital mortality at weekends.

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Seminar Briefing: Improving the Fiscal and Political Sustainability of Health Systems through Integrated Population Needs-Based Planning

24 June 2015

A Seminar Briefing on the topic of improving the fiscal and political sustainability of health systems through integrated population needs-based planning has just been published by…

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international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI): Mapping of Priority-setting in Health in 17 Low and Middle Income Countries Across Asia, Latin America and Africa

22 April 2015

This mapping of priority-setting considers factors such as existence of HTA institutions and commitment to UHC (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa,…

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OHE Briefing on Incentives to Follow Best Practice in Health Care

27 February 2015

OHE has published a Briefing by Karlsberg Schaffer, Sussex and Feng summarising the evidence on incentives that encourage providers of health care to follow guidance on…