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.
Analysing Hospital Variation at the Level of EQ-5D Dimensions
20 February 2012
Measuring and publishing hospital data on achieved health outcomes is becoming routine in many health care systems. League tables of hospital quality – based on post-surgical…
Report: Competition Can Help the NHS – But Proceed with Care
31 January 2012
The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has just released the report of its Commission on Competition in the NHS, which recommends careful expansion of competition between…
Is It Time to Reconsider the Role of Co-Payments in Europe?
11 January 2012
In a recent editorial in the European Journal of Health Economics, Prof Michael Drummond of York University and Prof Adrian Towse of the OHE take a…
The Tougher the Better: The Effect of an Increased Performance Threshold on the Performance of General Practitioners
4 January 2012
In April 2006, payment thresholds were raised for GPs who participate in Scotland’s Ouality and Outcomes Framework. GPs were required to meet new, higher thresholds on…
Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs Programme
1 April 2012
The NHS Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) programme, introduced in April 2009, is a significant development in the routine collection and use of patient reported outcome…
Report of the Office of Health Economics Commission on Competition in the NHS
1 January 2012
This report is based on the deliberations of the OHE Commission on Competition that was assembled in early 2011 “to consider the circumstances where competition between…
Spotlight on OHE: Assessing Value and Balancing Needs in Health Care
15 December 2011
During the last quarter of 2011, OHE team members were involved in discussions and presentations in a range of forums, covering each of OHE’s three areas…
Antibacterials: Roundtable Addresses the Critical Issues
10 November 2011
Antibacterial drug resistance is a serious and growing worldwide problem that threatens our ability to cure traditionally treatable diseases and to successfully perform numerous surgical procedures…
New: Using Happiness to Value Health
9 November 2011
Paul Dolan is Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and also serves as…