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 This Week: BioWales 2013, UK Medicines Market and EQ-5D in Asia
18 March 2013
19 March: Jon Sussex will be at BioWales 2013 speaking on the health and wider economic benefits of life sciences research. 21 March: Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz will…
Does Free Personal Care for the Elderly Reduce Informal Caregiving?
25 February 2013
Debates about whether to increase state assistance to the elderly have included concerns that this could reduce the amount of care from such personal caregivers, producing…
New Research: Achieving Efficient Prices for Drugs in a Global Context
7 February 2013
With Prof Patricia Danzon of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, OHE’s Adrian Towse and Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz have released an important working paper that addresses how…
New Pilot Study: Capturing Public Preferences about Health Care Priorities
16 January 2013
The proposals from the UK Department of Health (DH) for value based pricing (VBP) include a process whereby higher prices would be granted to medicines that…
Spotlight on OHE: Making Health Care Choices and Decisions
7 January 2013
OHE’s research and consulting captures a range of key issues that affect how health care systems are organised and how decisions are made within them. For…
The Effect of Free Personal Care for the Elderly on Informal Caregiving
1 February 2013
Forecasters predict that the population of people aged 65+ in the UK will double by 2050, constituting a quarter of the total population. This will seriously…
Spotlight on OHE: Value Based Pricing and New Technologies
31 December 2012
The OHE has been very active in conceptualising approaches incorporating a broader assessment of the elements of value (often called “value based pricing” or “VBP”), as…
Spotlight on OHE: Measurement and Valuation of Health Using PROMs
20 December 2012
The OHE continues to play a central role in the development and use of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs). The last quarter of 2012 was characteristically busy.
New Research by OHE and University of Glasgow on cost of QALYs in Scotland
17 December 2012
New health care technologies often improve health but also increase costs. Judging whether they are good value for money involves comparing what QALYs are gained from…