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.
New Findings: Public Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Treatment in England and Wales
7 December 2012
In 2009, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued supplementary advice that its Appraisal Committees are to consider when assessing treatments that…
OHE Study on Pharmaceutical R&D Costs Released
3 December 2012
How much it costs to research and develop a successful new medicine has been an important policy issue at least since the 1960s. Cost estimates matter…
Value Based Pricing in Sweden: Lessons for Design?
28 November 2012
OHE has just published a Seminar Briefing by Ulf Persson, head of the Swedish Institute of Health Economics, which reviews experience with the Swedish value based…
Collected Essays by Tony Culyer on Health Economics
25 November 2012
Just released is a collection of essays by Prof Tony Culyer, a founding father of health economics whose life’s work has been to bring clarity to…
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.