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.
Health Financing and Pharmaceutical Policy Reform in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
12 January 1997
The objective of this report is to provide an assessment of the reform process of the health care sector in the Countries of Central and Eastern…
Prescribing, Budgets and Fundholding in General Practice
10 January 1997
In April 1991, a radical programme of public health care reform was introduced by the Conservative Government. The avowed intention of the programme was to improve…
Regulating Prices Paid by the NHS for Medicines Supplied by the UK-Based Pharmaceutical Industry
1 October 1997
The aim of this paper is to review alternative methods of regulating the price of pharmaceuticals bought by the NHS from the perspective of the experience…
NHS Waiting Lists: Towards the Elusive Solution
1 August 1997
Much has been written over the last 40 years bemoaning the state of NHS waiting lists. Contributions to this literature have come from diverse fields; from…
The Future of Primary Care
1 January 1996
The chapters in this book are based on the contributions to a conference organised by the Office of Health Economics and held at the Zoological Society…
Financing Health Care in the UK: A Discussion of NERA’s Prototype Model to Replace the NHS
1 January 1995
There is little doubt that throughout the world there is a growing concern about health services and the provision of health care. It is of interest…
Managing the NHS: past, present and agenda for the future
1 March 1994
The recent pace of administrative change in the NHS has been rapid, culminating in the October 1993 decision to abolish the Regional tier of management and…
Aids in Africa: Meeting the Challenge through Training Education and Prevention
1 January 1992
AIDS poses a formidable challenge to African policy makers and health professionals. Of the estimated 9 to 11 million cases of HIV infection worldwide, some 7…
Organ Transplantation
1 July 1991
Organ transplantation is one of the most spectacular medical achievements of this century. The first successful human transplant operation took place in Boston, in 1954, when…