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.
Forecasting the Challenges and Economics of Drug Development in 2022
9 July 2013
A new publication from the Office of Health Economics captures the views of thought leaders from around the world about the scientific and economic climate for…
OHE at HESG: Informal Caregiving and Valuing End-of-Life Care
28 June 2013
The Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG) was founded in 1972 to support and promote the work of health economists. Its members are from academic, commercial, and…
OHE at AES: Medicines Prices in the UK, Health Inequalities in Costa Rica
25 June 2013
OHE’s participation at the 33rd Meeting of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES) last week reported the results of four research projects. Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, OHE’s Director…
OHE’s Towse on Challenges in Valuing Genomic Medicines
23 May 2013
In this video, Adrian Towse discusses the challenges and importance of appropriately valuing genomic medicine. He addresses both gene therapies and “pharmacogenomics” — those medicines that…
Contracting for Quality in the NHS is the Topic of OHE’s 20th Annual Lecture
20 May 2013
Professor Alan Maynard of the University of York, who will speak on Contracting for Quality in the NHS: Putting the Francis Report in Perspective.
Exploring the Link Between Health and Wealth in Government Decision Making
16 May 2013
Traditionally, decision makers both within and outside the health sector have thought of the value of health interventions primarily in terms of reduced morbidity or mortality.…
OHE’s Towse on Quality Standards in the ‘New’ English NHS
29 April 2013
The 2013 conference of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) addressed the challenges and opportunities presented by the recent changes in the NHS. Understanding…
Valuing Co-Dependent Medical Technologies: Improving Methods and Processes
23 April 2013
Advances in science and technology are producing more and better means for diagnosing disease, matching patients to the best therapies, and tracking the progress of treatment.…
Performance-Based Risk Sharing in Health Care: Current Status
17 April 2013
Performance-based risk sharing arrangements for prescription medicines and other treatments are attractive to payers because they promise to base what is paid for a treatment on…