Briefing
Briefings report OHE research and, on occasion, that of other experts.
Economic Evaluation of Growth Hormone Therapy
1 December 1991
Treatment of children with growth hormone is well recognised under the NHS and its cost (between £5,000-£10,000 per annum per child) has generally been accepted. Since…
The Economic Impact of Medicines
9 January 1990
The objective of medical care is to improve people’s health. This includes avoiding illness whenever possible, alleviating suffering and disability when illness does occur, and prolonging…
Variations between General Practitioners
1 July 1990
The Government’s National Health Service reforms are designed to increase cost effectiveness, widen consumer choice and improve the quality of care. In making the case for…
Impact of New Medicines on Health Care Costs
1 March 1989
The objective of medical care is to make people as healthy as possible. Over the past 40 years, since the National Health Service was established in…
Health Services in Europe: 1988
1 September 1988
The Office of Health Economics first drew attention to the fact that every country in Europe had some form of prepaid national health care scheme in…
HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom
1 January 1988
Since the first identification of the AIDS syndrome in Los Angeles in 1981 (and the description of the virus responsible- now termed HIV 1 -in 1983)…
Politics of Prescribing
1 January 1985
This briefing is based on a lecture given by George Teeling Smith. At present Britain is one of the seven most successful countries in the world…
Keep on Taking the Tablets? A Review of the Problem of Patient Non-Compliance
1 October 1983
There has always been a problem in making sure that patients take the medicines which doctors prescribe for them in accordance with their instructions. The problem…
Ill in Europe
1 October 1982
People pay for some health care themselves out of income and savings. In Britain, out of a total expenditure on health care of all kinds of…