Health Data and Statistics
Health statistics are used to understand risk factors for communities, track and monitor diseases, see the impact of policy changes and assess the quality and safety of health care.
Future Cases of Dementia among People Born in 2015 & the Dementia Drug Pipeline
6 October 2015
It is estimated that one in three people born in 2015 in the UK may develop dementia, and clinical development success rates for dementia drugs are…
Assessing the Use of Multi-indication Medicines: A Review of Current Data Capabilities in the UK
31 March 2015
A new OHE Consulting Report considers the data capabilities in the UK for monitoring medicine use according to indication using real world data.
Data Governance Arrangements for Real-World Evidence
1 November 2015
The objective of this OHE Consulting Report was to understand and develop a view on the core principles that should govern how Real-World Data (RWD) is…
EQ-VAS an Important and Under-used Element of the EQ-5D
17 December 2014
On 18th November 2014 OHE’s Professor Nancy Devlin presented at the King’s Fund Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) research conference. Nancy’s presentation focused on the role of…
The Trajectory of Dementia in the UK – Making a Difference
1 June 2014
Alzheimer’s Research UK commissioned OHE Consulting to model the incidence and cost of dementia in the UK and the potential impact of better treatment. The analyses…
Updated: OHE Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics
30 October 2013
This respected compilation contains data on demographics, expenditures, hospitals and workforce, and health services. For nearly 40 years the OHE has been a specialist provider of…
Tracking Changes in the Causes of Death in England and Wales
25 October 2012
OHE’s health and health care statistics service long has been respected as a source of reliable data. In an OHE Briefing just published, OHE uses this…
Causes of Death: A Study of a Century of Change in England and Wales
1 October 2012
This Briefing extends to 2007 Thomas McKeown’s well-known analysis of changes in life expectancy in England during 1901-1971. It finds that mortality continued to decline after 1971,…
Recent Statistics on Orphan Approvals in Scotland and England
23 August 2011
In October 2009, the OHE published research that compared access to orphan medicinal products (OMPs) in selected European countries. At the request of the UK Orphan…