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.
Future UK Medicines Spending: Four Nation Analysis
31 October 2012
In July, OHE released projections for medicines spending in the UK NHS for 2012‒2015. We have now completed further projections, also for the ABPI, for each…
Tracking Changes in the Causes of Death in England and Wales
25 October 2012
OHE’s health and health care statistics service long has been respected as a source of reliable data. In an OHE Briefing just published, OHE uses this…
Comparing Prescription Medicines Prices in the UK to Prices in Other Countries
23 October 2012
Since 1996, in its yearly PPRS Report to Parliament, the Department of Health in England has published international price comparisons of branded medicines used in the…
Competition in the NHS: Proceed with Care
16 October 2012
The role of competition in the NHS is again in the news. Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive of both the NHS in England and the NHS…
Spotlight on OHE: Recent Awards, Publications and Presentations
12 September 2012
This post reviews selected external OHE activities and publications from the past three months.
OHE Conference on the Future of Drug Development – Register Now
5 September 2012
What will drug development look like in 10 years’ time? How will regulatory policies and the global political and social environment shape it? How might policy…
OHE’s 50th Celebration: Publications on Tuberculosis Show Constancy and Change
23 August 2012
Between 1962 and 1998, OHE published more than 100 booklets on various diseases and conditions as part of a series on “current health problems”. The first…
OHE Awarded £457K Grant on Measuring Public Preferences for Health States
2 August 2012
OHE’s Prof Nancy Devlin and Prof Ben van Hout of the University of Sheffield have been awarded a £457,000 grant from the Policy Research Programme (PRP)…
Spotlight on OHE: Development and Use of Measures of Health Worldwide
16 July 2012
OHE team members have been active in a number of external seminars, conferences and workshops. These included gatherings of academic experts, discussions involving governments, and meetings…