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 Lunchtime Seminar: What Can NHS Trusts do to Reduce Cancer Waiting Times?
10 January 2019
OHE Lunchtime Seminar with NHS Improvement Economics Team Members Sarah Karlsberg, Steven Paling and Júlia Esquerré. The seminar will present evidence on where NHS trusts can…
Can a Strong Economic Case Be Made for Investing in the NHS? 25th Annual Lecture Publication
2 January 2019
In September 2018, Professor Peter Smith delivered the 25th OHE Annual Lecture. The lecture is now available as a publication, which can be downloaded for free.
Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS
2 January 2019
This report explores the feasibility of introducing one type of flexible payment mechanism – outcome-based payment (OBP) – for cancer medicines into the NHS in England. OBP could help to accelerate patient access to some new medicines and ensure close monitoring of real-world patient benefit.
Can a Strong Economic Case Be Made for Investing in the NHS?
1 January 2019
Debate about funding has highlighted the difficulty of persuading sceptics that the NHS is a good use of public finance. There is a widely held view…
“You Don’t Always Get What You Want”: Output Distortion and NHS Waiting Time Targets
18 December 2018
The latest publication from Professor Graham Cookson in Public Organization Review finds that waiting time targets adopted in the English NHS as part of the ‘targets…
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Price Regulation of Generics and Drug Shortages
21 November 2018
OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Dr. Aslam Anis, The University of British Columbia. The seminar will discuss the impact of the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance “tiered pricing” framework…
OHE Lunchtime Seminar: Price Regulation of Generics and Drug Shortages
8 November 2018
OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Dr. Aslam Anis, The University of British Columbia. The seminar will discuss the impact of the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance “tiered pricing” framework…
Securing Funds for the Proposed NHS Multi-year Funding: The Feasibility of Using a Hypothecated Tax
24 October 2018
This new publication sets out the arguments in favour and against the introduction of a hypothecated tax to fund the UK National Health Service (NHS).
Private Provision of Publicly Funded Health Care: The Economics of Ownership
10 September 2018
A new OHE Briefing by Martin Chalkley (University of York) and Jon Sussex (RAND Europe) provides a view of the NHS ownership debate through the lens…