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.
Costs and Bariatric Surgery in England
23 September 2010
Obesity is an increasing challenge in England, as elsewhere. OHE has completed a study that examines PCT practice and the cost savings that could accrue if…
Competition in the NHS: ‘Payment by Results’
17 August 2010
Jon Sussex, Deputy Director of the OHE, researches incentives and competition in UK health services. In July, he presented findings on ‘Payment by Results’ to the…
Part 2: 2010 Lecture on US Health Reform
27 July 2010
Each year, OHE sponsors an Annual Lecture that examines an important issue in health care. In late June, Dr Alan Garber spoke on US health care…
Part 1: 2010 Lecture on US Health Reform
20 July 2010
Each year, OHE sponsors an Annual Lecture that examines an important issue in health care. In late June, Dr Alan Garber spoke on US health care…
Reminder: 2010 Lecture on US Health Reform
14 June 2010
OHE’s 2010 Annual Lecture features Dr Alan Garber, Director both of Stanford University’s Center for Health Policy and its Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research…
2010 Lecture: US Health Care Reform
27 May 2010
OHE’s 2010 Annual Lecture features Dr Alan Garber on the implications of the American health care reform law. Register to join us in London on 22…
Measuring Health Output, Productivity and Equity
20 April 2010
Why, whether and how to measure health outputs, productivity and equity in the UK was the focus of the OHE’s 15th Annual Lecture, given by Prof…
How Fair? Competition in the NHS
25 March 2010
Competition within the NHS for non-emergency hospital care no longer adjusts for non-discretionary costs unique to independent providers. Should it?
A Comparison of Alternative Variants of the Lead and Lag Time TTO
12 January 2010
OHE was awarded a UK Department of Health grant to further develop three aspects of health status indexes. Results of the second of these, advances in…